Joshua's boots : an opera for young people /

"Set in the late 19th century, Joshua's Boots tells the story of a black teenager who flees barefooted from his Missouri home after his father is killed by a lynch mob. He ends up in Dodge City where, at that time, one in every four cowboys was black. After battling hardship and prejudice,...

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Main Author: Hailstork, Adolphus C.
Corporate Authors: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Other Authors: Kander, Susan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Louis, MO : Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, 1998.
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