Ragtime Tumpie
by Alan Schroeder · 1989
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Tumpie, a young black girl who will later become famous as the dancer Josephine Baker, longs to find the opportunity to dance amid the poverty and vivacious street life of St. Louis in the early 1900s.
DanceJuvenile fictionFictionAfrican AmericansChildren's fictionDance, fictionAfrican americans, fictionSaint louis (mo.), fictionRagtime musicPoverty