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Christmas in the big house, Christmas in the quarters / by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack ; illustrated by John Thompson.

Author: McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017.

Imprint:New York : Scholastic, c1994.

Description68 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-68).

Note:Describes the customs, recipes, poems, and songs used to celebrate Christmas in the big plantation houses and in the slave quarters just before the Civil War.



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Author:
McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017.
Subject:
Plantation life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Christmas -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1865 -- Juvenile literature.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Picture books.
Contributor
McKissack, Fredrick.
Thompson, John, 1940- ill.