Stone Mirrors
The Sculpture and Silence of Edmonia Lewis
From critically acclaimed author Jeannine Atkins comes a memorable, poetic tale (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about a half Native American, half African American sculptor working in the years following the Civil War.A sculptor of historical figures starts with givens but creates her own vision. Edmonia Lewis was just such a sculptor, but she never spoke or wrote much about her past, and the stories that have come down through time are often vague or contradictory. Some facts are known: Edmonia was the daughter of an Ojibwe woman and an African-Haitian man. She had the rare opportunity to study art at Oberlin, one of the first schools to ad…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4814-5907-5
- EAN: 9781481459075
- Produktnummer: 20079530
- Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'509 KB
- Abbildungen: f-c jacket
- Sonstiges: Ab 12 - 99 J.
Über den Autor
Jeannine Atkins is the author of several books for young readers about courageous women, including Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science, Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math, Stone Mirrors, and Borrowed Names. Jeannine teaches writing for children and young adults at Simmons University. She lives in western Massachusetts. Visit her at JeannineAtkins.com.
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