The Great Migration: An American Story
Photographer: JacobLawrence, Photographer: Walter DeanMyers
San Val , 1995
Hardcover, 60 pages
Size: 279x232 mm
ISBN: 9780785776284
ISBN-10: 0785776281
Jacob Lawrence
Author Bio<Br>Jacob Lawrence Is A Prominent American Painter Whose Career Spans Six Decades. He Is Known For Several Sequences Of Narrative Paintings, Including "Harriet Tubman" And "Frederick Douglass." Lawrence Is The Illustrator Of Harriet In The Promised Land, A Picture Book. He Is Professor Emeritus Of Art At The University Of Washington, Seattle. <P>
Walter Dean Myers
Born In Marinsburg, West Virginia In 1937, Walter Dean Myers Is One Of The Premier Authors Of Books For Children. His Mother Died Very Early In His Life-An Event That Propelled Him Into Experiences That Later Influenced Him To Write. It Was Difficult For Myers' Father To Raise Eight Children Alone, And Eventually, A Nearby Couple, Herbert And Florence Dean, Took In Three-Year Old Walter And Moved To Harlem, New York. "Harlem Became My Home And The Place Where My First Impressions Of The World Were Set," Says Myers. <Br>As A Child, Myers Went To School In His Neighborhood And Attended Bible Sch
