Title: The Minstrel's Melody
Description: In 1904, twelve-year-old Orphelia follows her dream by running away from home to join an all-black minstrel show headed for the Saint Louis World's Fair, and learns about her family's troubled past in the process.
Subjects: Musicians, Juvenile fiction, Runaway teenagers, African Americans, Minstrel shows, Race relations, Fiction, Runaways, Musiciens, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Noirs américains, Spectacles de ménestrels (Théâtre américain), Relations raciales, Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.), Louisiana Purchase Exposition. fast (OCoLC)fst01405481, History, Mystery and detective stories, Children's fiction, Musicians, fiction, Runaways, fiction, African americans, fiction, Missouri, fiction, Runaway children, 1000blackgirlbooks
Places: Missouri
Time periods: 20th century