{"product_id":"i-have-heard-of-a-land","title":"I Have Heard of a Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e I have heard of a land\u003cbr\u003eWhere the imagination has no fences\u003cbr\u003eWhere what is dreamed one night\u003cbr\u003eIs accomplished the next day\/FONT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1880s, signs went up all around America - land was free in the Oklahoma territory. And it was free to everyone: Whites, Blacks, men and women alike. All one needed to stake a claim was hope and courage, strength and perseverance. Thousands of pioneers, many of them African-Americans newly freed from slavery, headed west to carve out a new life in the Oklahoma soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drawing upon her own family history, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Thomas has crafted an unforgettable anthem to these brave and determned people from America's past. Richly illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award honoree Floyd Cooper, \u003ci\u003eI Have Heard of a Land\u003c\/i\u003e is a glorious tribute to the Afrian-American pioneer spirit. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e00-01 Sequoyah Children's Book Award Masterlist\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47625187492095,"sku":"*R0016773*","price":2.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/25565853482210.jpg?v=1764868319","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/i-have-heard-of-a-land","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}