Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson's Journey to the Stars
Gary Golio, illustrated by E.B. Lewis, 2020
CALL NO...: 11-BOO
TYPE......: Book
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A picture-book biography of Blind Willie Johnson, the blind gospel-blues musician whose recording NASA later sent into deep space on the Voyager Golden Record. E.B. Lewis's watercolors carry the story of a life shaped by blindness, poverty, and extraordinary music. A true story that reaches, quite literally, to the stars.
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Available at most public libraries and from Nancy Paulsen Books (Penguin Young Readers).