The Great Migration: An American Story - Hardcover

Lawrence, Jacob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060230371 ISBN 13: 9780060230371

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1993

Synopsis

A series of paintings chronicles the journey of African Americans who, like the artist's family, left the rural South in the early twentieth century to find a better life in the industrial North.

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Review:

"A compassionate and sensitive portrayal of history."--The New York Times

"This pictorial history remains as relevant and moving today as it was more than 50 years ago. A memorable work."--The Washington Post

"A stirring picture book."--ALA Booklist (starred review)

"Perfectly pitched to balance the gripping facts and moving graphics. A brave book."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"A significant and unforgettable book."--The Horn Book

"The paintings evoke fear and hope and transmit the courage of those who left behind everything they had known in order to find a better life. An exceptional title."--School Library Journal

"Lawrence's starkly poetic art works admirably on many levels. A moving, inspiring, educational book."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A splendid and unique visual evocation of a significant historical movement."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

From the Back Cover:

Around the time of WWI, large numbers of African Americans began leaving their homes in the rural South in search of employment in the industrial cities of the North. In 1940, Lawrence chronicled their journey of hope in a flowing narrative sequence of paintings."This stirring picture book brings together the sixty panels of Lawrence's epic narrative Migration series, which he created in 1940-1941. They tell of the journey of African-Americans who left their homes in the South around World War I and traveled in search of better lives in the northern industrial cities. Lawrence is a storyteller with words as well as pictures: his captions and introduction to this book are the best commentary on his work. A poem at the end by Walter Dean Myers also reveals [as do the paintings] the universal in the particulars." --BL.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0060230371
• ISBN 13: 9780060230371
• Binding: Hardcover