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Veirs, Laura,

Libba : the magnificent musical life of Elizabeth Cotten / by Laura Veirs ; illustrated by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Elizabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first time. It wasn't hers (it was her big brother's), and it wasn't strung right for her (she was left-handed). But she flipped that guitar upside down and backwards and taught herself how to play it anyway. By age eleven, she'd written "Freight Train," one of the most famous folk songs of the twentieth century. And by the end of her life, people everywhere from the sunny beaches of California to the rolling hills of England knew her music.

5-8 Brodart. K-3 Brodart.

ISBN: 9781452148571 (alk. paper) : $17.99 1452148570 : $17.99

LCCN: 2016049429

Subjects--Personal Names:
Cotten, Elizabeth--Juvenile literature.
Cotten, Elizabeth.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American women singers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Singers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American women singers.
Singers.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Music
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Music

LC Class. No.: ML3930.C67 / V45 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 782.42162/130092 B 927.824216213