Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons
| Author | Ann Rinaldi |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Great Episodes |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
Publication date | 1996 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 352 pp |
| ISBN | 0-15-200876-4 |
| OCLC | 34150871 |
| LC Class | PZ7.R459 Han 1996 |
| Preceded by | Keep Smiling Through |
| Followed by | An Acquaintance with Darkness |
Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons is a 1996 historical novel by Ann Rinaldi. The story, told in first-person narration, follows the life of Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American poet. The story recounts her capture by black slavers in Africa and the horrors of the Middle Passage as experienced by a woman of intelligence and artistic ability when society assumed Africans were not endowed with either.
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