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Langston's Train Ride
Langston's Train Ride
Author: Robert Burleigh
Clackety clack clack clack...Can you hear the rhythm of the train? Langston Hughes did. Traveling to see his father in 1920, as he listened to the sounds of the train -- metal on metal, wheels on rails -- Hughes's imagination took flight. On that ride, he was inspired to write his first famous poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." This pictur...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780439352390
ISBN-10: 0439352398
Publication Date: 10/1/2004
Pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Publisher: Orchard
Book Type: Hardcover
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