The ballad of the burglar of Babylon
By: Woodcuts by Ann Grifalconi
Contributors: Grifalconi, Ann, illus; Grifalconi, Ann, illustrator
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 43
Subjects: Brigands and robbers; Poetry; Juvenile poetry
Description: A ballad, based on an actual incident, in which an escaped convict, preferring ninety hours of being pursued to ninety years in prison, is hunted down by army soldiers near the Rio de Janeiro slum where he was raised.