Box : Henry Brown mails himself to freedom / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Michele Wood...
Box : Henry Brown mails himself to freedom / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Michele Wood...
Box : Henry Brown mails himself to freedom / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Michele Wood.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020
Call Numbers
CL/0918
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2020
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Henry Brown wrote that long before he came to be know as "Box," he "entered the world a slave." He was put to work as a child and passed down from one generation to the next - as property. When he was an adult, his wife and children were sold away from him out of spite. Henry Brown watched as his family left, bound in chains, headed to the deeper S...
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Box : Henry Brown mails himself to freedom / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Michele Wood.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
General note
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Includes bibliographical references.
Contextual Information
Awards
Newbery Honor, 2021
Date Copyright
©2020
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
CL/0918
Record Identifier
74VKaOm4dZ0d
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaOm4dZ0d
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0763691569
9780763691561
DDC
306.362092
MMS ID
991024376016602626
