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Only passing through : the story of Sojourner Truth / by Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
Van Pelt Library E185.97.T8 R63 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rockwell, Anne F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Truth, Sojourner, 1799-1883--Juvenile literature.
- Truth, Sojourner.
- Truth, Sojourner, 1799-1883.
- African American abolitionists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American abolitionists.
- African American abolitionists--Biography.
- African American women--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American women.
- African American women--Biography.
- Abolitionists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Abolitionists.
- United States.
- Social reformers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Social reformers.
- Truth, Sojourner, -1883.
- Reformers.
- African Americans--Biography.
- Women--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf : [Distributed by Random House, Inc.], [2000]
- Summary:
- A powerful picture book biography of one of the abolitionist movement's most compelling voices. Sojourner Truth traveled the country in the latter half of the 19th century, speaking out against slavery. She told of a slave girl who was sold three times by age 13, who was beaten for not understanding her master's orders, who watched her parents die of cold and hunger when they could no longer work for their keep. Sojourner's simple yet powerful words helped people to understand the hideous truth about slavery. The story she told was her own. "Only Passing Through" is the inspiring story of how a woman, born a slave with no status or dignity, transformed herself into one of the most powerful voices of the abolitionist movement. Anne Rockwell combines her lifelong love of history with her well-known skill as a storyteller to create this simple, affecting portrait of an American icon.
- Notes:
- "This is a Borzoi Book, published by Alfred A. Knopf."
- "Although I used many sources for this book, Sojourner Truth's own autobiography was what I found most helpful. It is there that she told the events of her early life that inspired the story I've told."--Author's Note.
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Illustrator, Honor, 2001
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Tehon Collection copy has Corretta Scott King Honor Award sticker on front of dust jacket.
- ISBN:
- 0679891862
- 0679991867
- OCLC:
- 44090501
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