Phillis Wheatley: young Colonial poet
By: by Kathryn Kilby Borland and Helen Ross Speicher. Illustrated by William K. Plummer.
Contributors: Speicher, Helen Ross, joint author.; Plummer, William K., ill.
Series: Childhood of famous Americans; Childhood of famous Americans series.
Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 -- Juvenile literature.; Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 -- Childhood and youth.; Poets, American -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African American poets -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Poets, American.; Slaves.; African Americans -- Biography.; Women -- Biography.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: When Mrs. Wheatley bought the thin, frightened little black girl at the Boston slave market, she could not guess that the child would become a celebrated poet renowned throughout the colonies.