DANCING HANDS: How Teresa Carreo Played the Piano for President Lincoln.
by Engle, Margarita; illustrated by Rafael Lopez
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)/fine
- ISBN 10
- 148148740X
- ISBN 13
- 9781481487405
- Seller
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About This Item
New York:: Atheneum,, (2019). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. A beautifully illustrated book that tells how Teresa Carreo (1853-1917), a ten year old girl who played piano for Abraham Lincoln in 1863, in the midst of the Civil War. A revolution in Venezuela had forced her family to flee to the United States, but although Teresa felt lonely at first in New York City. , she soon realized the power her music had to give a few moments peace or happiness to others. SIGNED by Engle on the title page. Every page is a double spread of colorful paintings by the Mexican American artist Rafael Lopez. Historical note. Named by Kirkus Reviews as a Best Picture Book of 2019. Large format, unpaginated.
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 77894
- Title
- DANCING HANDS: How Teresa Carreo Played the Piano for President Lincoln.
- Author
- Engle, Margarita; illustrated by Rafael Lopez
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 148148740X
- ISBN 13
- 9781481487405
- Publisher
- Atheneum,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (2019)
- Keywords
- Teresa Carreo, piano girl, civil war, poet, cuban, la leona,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's and Illustrated;
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