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<p>clackety Clack Clack Clack...can You Hear The Rhythm Of The Train? Langston Hughes Did. Traveling To See His Father In 1920, As He Listened To The Sounds Of The Train -- Metal On Metal, Wheels On Rails -- Hughes's Imagination Took Flight. On That Ride, He Was Inspired To Write His First Famous Poem, The Negro Speaks Of Rivers. This Picture Book Tells The Story Of Langston Hughes's Rise To Accomplishing His Dream Of Being A Writer. With Bold, Striking Illustrations By Leonard Jenkins, Here Is A Book For Any Young Person With A Dream.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>burleigh (into The Woods) Imagines The Moment When Langston Hughes Came To Believe In Himself As A Writer, According To His Author's Note. Sunday Afternoon In Harlem, And 125th Street Is Alive, Swarming With People. Everything I See Speaks To Me-to Me!, Begins The Snappy First-person Narrative. As Langston Walks To A Book Signing Party, The Sound Of His Clicking Heels Reminds Him Of The Clackety-clack Of The Train He Was Riding When He Composed His Famous The Negro Speaks Of Rivers. The Narration Offers A Quite Lengthy Look Into What Langston Might Have Been Thinking On That Train Trip, En Route To Visit His Father In

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Author

Robert Burleigh

Publisher

New York: Orchard Books

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780439352390

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Memoir

Rating

4.26 / 5 (81 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14