Phillis Wheatley, poet
By: written by Garnet Nelson Jackson ; illustrated by Cheryl Hanna.
Contributors: Hanna, Cheryl, ill.
Series: Beginning biographies
Publisher: Modern Curriculum Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Cleveland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 -- Juvenile literature.; Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.; 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: Biography; Juvenile literature.; Biography.
Description: A brief biography of the slave who learned to read and write, became the second woman in America to have a book published, and won international fame for her poetry.