Jonkonnu

List Price: $15.95
Philomel Books (Dec 29, 1997)
Picture Book, Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
    ISBN: 9780399228315Publisher: Penguin Random House
    Parent Company: Bertelsmann

    Description of Jonkonnu


    In a story based on Winslow Homer’s accounts of an 1876 trip to Petersburg, Virginia, the artist stirs up controversy when he poses freed slaves in colorful costumes while he paints a tribute to Jonkonnu, an African-American holiday celebrating freedom from slavery.

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