| Hush, Child! Can't You Hear the Music? Revised Edition Contributor(s): Thompson, Rose (Author), Beaumont, Charles (Editor), Stewart, John (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0820321370 ISBN-13: 9780820321370 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1999 Annotation: Hush, Child! Can't You Hear the Music? is a remarkable collection of black folktales and photographs from rural Georgia. During the 1930s and 1940s Rose Thompson worked as a home supervisor with the Farm Security Administration in middle Georgia. While she worked with farmers and their wives -- teaching them to put up preserves, make cotton mattresses, and build chick brooders -- she listened to the stories they told. Reading Hush, Child! Can't You Hear the Music? is like an afternoon spent reminiscing on the front porch. The book is illustrated with photographs taken by Thompson and WPA photographer Jack Delano. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Photoessays & Documentaries - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 398.209 |
| LCCN: 81010442 |
| Series: Brown Thrasher Books |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.04" W x 8" (0.37 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Georgia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hush, Child Can't You Hear the Music? is a remarkable collection of black folktales and photographs from rural Georgia. During the 1930s and 1940s Rose Thompson worked as a home supervisor with the Farm Security Administration in middle Georgia. While she worked with farmers and their wives--teaching them to put up preserves, make cotton mattresses, and build chick brooders--she listened to the stories they told. Reading Hush, Child Can't You Hear the Music? is like spending an afternoon reminiscing on the front porch. The book is illustrated with photographs taken by Thompson and WPA photographer Jack Delano. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thompson, Rose: - ROSE THOMPSON was a native of Greene County, Georgia.Beaumont, Charles: - CHARLES BEAUMONT was a professor of English at the University of Georgia. |