Bibliograph

The firefly letters, a suffragette's journey to Cuba, Margarita Engle

Type

Label

The firefly letters, a suffragette's journey to Cuba, Margarita Engle

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The firefly letters

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

383839267

Responsibility statement

Margarita Engle

Sub title

a suffragette's journey to Cuba

Summary

Draws on little-known Cuban history to tell a stirring story in poetry. Based on the diaries and letters of Swedish suffragist Fredrika Bremer, who spent three months in Cuba in 1851, the story focuses on oppressed women, the privileged as well as the enslaved, in three alternating free-verse narratives

Target audience

pre adolescent

Creator