Elizabeth's song

By Michael Wenberg

Subjects: Folk singers, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, African Americans, Biography, Children's fiction, Folk music, Music, fiction, Childhood and youth, Singers, African americans, fiction

Description: A fictionalized account of how an eleven-year-old girl, Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, saved to buy her first guitar and composed the popular folksong, "Freight Train." Includes a brief summary of her life's work and awards.