Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom

Hamilton, Virginia

ISBN 10: 0394928733 ISBN 13: 9780394928739

Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 2002

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Reseña del editor:

A reissued companion to The People Could Fly portrays the harsh reality of slavery and chronicles the dramatic journeys toward freedom undertaken by African Americans. An ALA Notable Children's Book. Simultaneous.

Biografía del autor:

*  Virginia Hamilton, storyteller, lecturer, and biographer, was born and raised in Yellow Springs, OH, which is said to be a station on the Underground Railroad.  Her grandfather settled in the village after escaping slavery in Virginia.

*  She was educated at Antioch College and Ohio State University and did further study in literature and the novel at the New School for Social Research.

*  Virginia was the first African American woman to win the Newbery Award, for M.C. Higgins the Great.  Since then, she has won three Newbery Honors and three Coretta Scott King Awards.

*  In 1992, Virginia was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, which is presented every two years by the International Board on Books for Young People, i

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• Verlag: Random House USA Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0394928733
• ISBN 13: 9780394928739
• Einband: Encuadernación de biblioteca
• Anzahl der Seiten: 151
• Zeichner: Dillon Leo, Dillon Diane