What Was the Underground Railroad?

Informationen zum Autor Yona Zeldis McDonough (www.yonazeldismcdonough.com) is the author of Who Was Harriet Tubman? and Who Was Rosa Parks? Klappentext No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the Underground Railroad comes alive! Zusammenfassung No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks! only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad!" this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters! exhausting struggles on the road! and what they sacrificed for freedom. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert! the Underground Railroad comes alive!

Product details

• Authors: James Bennett, Yona Z McDonough, Yona Zeldis McDonough, Yona Zeldis/ Mortimer McDonough, McDonough Yona Zeldis, Lauren Mortimer, Who HQ
• Assisted by: James Bennett (Illustration), Lauren Mortimer (Illustration), Mortimer Lauren (Illustration)
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.12.2013
• EAN: 9780448467122
• ISBN: 978-0-448-46712-2
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 195 mm x 10 mm
• Series: What Was...?; What Was?
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; USA, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, People & places (Children's / Teenage), United States of America, USA, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Diversity & Multicultural, Relating to African American / Black American people, JUVENILE NONFICTION / African American & Black