Author(s): Helen Ross Speicher,Kathryn Kilby Borland,Cathy Morrison
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 120
Publisher: Patria Press
Language: English
Date Published: 2005-05-28
Dimensions: 144.8 x 218.4 x 15.2mm
Publication City/Country: United States
Edition: 2nd ed.
Illustrations: b/w illus

Features Phillis Wheatley's rise from slavery to recognition as the foremost African American poet in the American colonies. Focusing on Phillis' early years, this profile reveals her illiterate beginnings in the Wheatley family and the turbulent pre-Revolutionary War climate in which she became an avid student and young poet.