Knockin' on Wood: Starring Peg Leg Bates
By Lynne Barasch.
Description
2005-2006 Utah Beehive Children's Book Award Masterlist, Children's Literature Association of Utah An inspirational biography of Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates (1907-1998), an African American man who overcame the hardship of losing a leg at age 12 and went on to become a world-renowned tap dancer. Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates was one of the legendary tap dancers of the twentieth century. As a young boy, Clayton loved to dance, but when he lost his left leg in a factory accident at age twelve, no one thought he would ever walk again, let alone dance. But Clayton’s ...
ISBN(s)
1584301708, 9781584301707
