Title: Elizabeth's song
Description: A fictionalized account of how an eleven-year-old girl, Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, saved to buy her first guitar and composed the popular folksong, "Freight Train." Includes a brief summary of her life's work and awards.
Subjects: African Americans, Biography, Childhood and youth, Fiction, Folk music, Folk singers, Juvenile fiction, Singers, Children's fiction, Music, fiction, African americans, fiction
Places: United States
People: Elizabeth Cotten