Mose T's Slapout Family Album: Poems (Hardcover)

~ (Author, Illustrator), Julian Bond (Author), Robert Ely (Author) "Hello friend, and how-de-do!..." (more)
Key Phrases: house paint, trolley bus, George Washington, Quail Fish, The Buffalo (more...)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Black Belt Press (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1881320111
• ISBN-13: 978-1881320111
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,386,209 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Witty Robert Ely poems inspired by the great Mose T., August 11, 1998

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Paintings by Mose Tolliver, the key folk art painter from Alabama, who is one of America's greatest living treasures, inspired this gem of a book of poems by Robert Ely. The 8" 1/4-by 8 1/4" volume, published in Alabama by Black Belt Press, includes a brief introduction by Julian Bond. Twenty of Mose T's best known images are finely illustrated here in color, alongside the witty poems they inspired. Featured in the book are the fanciful inhabitants of the town of Slapout, among them the "Hoodoo Man...who learned his art from Kulba Khan," the "Jick-Jack Girl...who "kicks off her shoes when she begins to feel the blues" and "Mose t" himself, the artist who "paints pictures made with real paint...and many folks find them quaint."

--David Ebony, Assistant Managing Editor, Art in America magazine.