Elizabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first time. It wasn't hers (it was her big brother's), and it wasn't strung right for her (she was left-handed). But she flipped that guitar upside down and backwards and taught herself how to play it anyway. By age eleven, she'd written "Freight Train," one of the most famous folk songs of the twentieth century. And by the end of her life, people everywhere from the sunny beaches of California to the rolling hills of England knew her music.
year: 2018
call number/section: 92, 920, 921, 782.42, 1000
subjects: cotten, elizabeth, juvenile literature, folk musicians, juvenile literature, singers, united states, biography, folk singers, african american women singers, african americans, women, picture books, biographies
Editions
Veirs, Laura
Elizabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first time. It wasn't hers (it was her big brother's), and it wasn't strung right for her (she was left-handed). But she flipped that guitar upside down and backwards and taught herself how to play it anyway. By age eleven, she'd written "Freight Train," one of the most famous folk songs of the twentieth century. And by the end of her life, people everywhere from the sunny beaches of California to the rolling hills of England knew her music.
Schools: 15
Veirs, Laura
Chronicle Books (2018)
Text and illustrations look at the life of American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter, Elizabeth Cotten.
Schools: 0