Follow the Drinking Gourd: An Underground Railroad Story

by Cari Meister

Book Overview

Follow the Drinking Gourd is an American folk song from the 1920s. Legend has it that a man called Peg Leg Joe taught slaves the song to help them escape to freedom. They used the constellation the Big Dipper and the North Star to guide the way.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1404877142
• ISBN13: 9781404877146
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Picture Window Books
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.6" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4