Climbing Jacob's Ladder: Heroes of the Bible in African-American Spirituals

by John Langstaff

Book Overview

Climbing Jacob's Ladder is John Langstaff's work celebrating heroes of the bible in African-American Spirituals.

An illustrated collection of black spirituals about Old Testament heroes in which "naive, lively illustrations in brilliant hues depict the Biblical figures as African-Americans might have imagined them, in their own image and likeness, in shades ranging from cafe au lait to molasses." (Patricia Dooley, University of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689504942
• ISBN13: 9780689504945
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.6" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3