Follow the Drinking Gourd: An Underground Railroad Story by Robert Squier, Cari Meister

Follow the Drinking Gourd: An Underground Railroad Story

Night Sky Stories

Robert Squier, Cari Meister

24 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction childrens history informative fast-paced
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Follow the Drinking Gourd is an American folk song from the 1920s. Legend has it that a man called Peg Leg Joe taught slaves the song to help them escape to freedom, and they used the Big Dipper and the North Star to guide the way.

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