Daddy Played the Blues

by Michael Garland

Book Overview

Packing themselves into an old jalopy--with Daddy, Uncle Vern, and Mama in the front seat and Cassie and her two brothers in the back--they joined the Great Migration from the impoverished Deep South to Chicago, where there was work to be had in the stockyards. Across the kids' laps lay Daddy's prized possession, a six-string guitar. Daddy worked hard to put food on the table, but what he really loved was playing the blues. This evocative tale...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884485889
• ISBN13: 9780884485889
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5