HOPE'S GIFT by Kelly Starling Lyons (2012) Illustrated by Don Tate [Signed Copy]

HOPE'S GIFT

by Kelly Starling Lyons / Illustrated by Don Tate

NY. Putnam. 2012. 1st Hardcover Edition. 3rd Printing. Signed by the illustrator on the title page. Illustrated boards, mint endpapers. Fine. Matching dust jacket also Fine. 

A poignant story celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

It’s 1862 and the Civil War has turned out to be a long, deadly conflict. Hope’s father joins the Union army to fight. It’s a long wait for freedom and on the nights when the cannons roar, Papa seems farther away than ever. But then Lincoln finally does it: on January 1, 1863, he issues the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves, and a joyful Hope finally spies the outline of a familiar man standing on the horizon.