TY - SER
KW - slavery
KW - composers
KW - Stephen Foster (1826-64)
KW - Black Americans
AU - Opal Wheeler
AU - Mary Greenwalt
AB - <p>A novelized biography of Stephen Foster, focusing on his Lawrenceville boyhood and friendship with black slaves. Includes words and music to 13 songs.</p>
C1 - <p>1820s-60s</p>
C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Lawrenceville
C4 - Children’s; Biographical; Historical
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - <p>A novelized biography of Stephen Foster, focusing on his Lawrenceville boyhood and friendship with black slaves. Includes words and music to 13 songs.</p>
PB - E. P. Dutton & Company
PP - New York
PY - 1941
RN - <p>Opal Wheeler (1897-1987) studied music at Columbia University, the University of Washington, and the University of Wisconsin. She wrote 20 biographical novels for children about musicians from Bach and Beethoven to Schumann. Mary Greenwalt Hickerson was an illustrator and painter. She lived in Westchester County, New York.</p>
EP - 172 p.
TI - Stephen Foster and His Little Dog Tray
ER -