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Ragtime Tumpie

by Alan Schroeder

DanceJuvenile fictionFictionAfrican AmericansChildren's fictionDance, fictionAfrican americans, fictionSaint louis (mo.), fiction

Tumpie, a young black girl who will later become famous as the dancer Josephine Baker, longs to find the opportunity to dance amid the poverty and vivacious street life of St. Louis in the early 1900s.

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Book data: Open Library