TY - SER
KW - Native Americans
KW - slavery
KW - William Foster (1779-1855)
KW - Eliza T. Foster (1788-1855)
KW - Christy Minstrels
KW - Knights of the S.T.
KW - composers
KW - "Old Dog Tray"
KW - Stephen Foster (1826-64)
KW - Edwin Pearce Christy (1815-62)
KW - Jane Denny MacDowell (1829-1903)
KW - Great Fire of Pittsburgh of 1845
KW - Black Americans
KW - steamboats
AU - Esther Morris Douty
AU - Jo Polseno
AB - <p>A novelized biography for children of Stephen Foster, the great American ballad writer from Pittsburgh.</p>
C1 - <p>1820s-50</p>
C3 - Allegheny Mountains; Allegheny County; Allegheny River; Ohio River; Pittsburgh; Lawrenceville; North Side; Cambria County; Johnstown; Washington County; Canonsburg
C4 - Children’s; Biographical; Historical
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N1 - <p>North Side is referred to as Allegheny City, as it was then known.</p>
N2 - <p>A novelized biography for children of Stephen Foster, the great American ballad writer from Pittsburgh.</p>
PB - Grosset & Dunlap
PP - New York
PY - 1954
RN - <p>Esther Douty (1909-78), who grew up in North Carolina and graduated from Duke University, was the author of 14 historical and biographical books for children. Jo Polseno (1924-91), born Bridgeport, Connecticut, was an illustrator.</p>
EP - 180 p.
TI - The Story of Stephen Foster
ER -