String and the no-tail cat
By: Christine Noble Govan ; illustrated by Susanne Suba
Contributors: Suba, Susanne, 1913-2012, illustrator
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 1939
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: African American children; Juvenile fiction; African American families; Cats; American Dialect literature; Illustrated children's books
Other titles: String & the no-tail cat
Description: Stringfellow Kenesaw Wollywear Jackson, known as "String", is an African American little boy who always wanted a pet. When he found a no-tail blue eyed Siamese kitten named Honey, he also received a joyful surprise
Notes: Written in dialect associated with African Americans living in the U.S. south in the first half of the twentieth century

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Illustrated title page.

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