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Freedom river / Doreen Rappaport ; pictures by Bryan Collier.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection E450 .R23 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rappaport, Doreen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parker, John P., 1827-1900--Juvenile literature.
- Parker, John P.
- Parker, John P., 1827-1900.
- Underground Railroad--Juvenile literature.
- Underground Railroad.
- African American abolitionists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American abolitionists.
- Free African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Free African Americans.
- Enslaved persons--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Enslaved persons.
- Ripley (Ohio)--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Ripley (Ohio).
- Abolitionists.
- Slavery.
- African Americans--Biography.
- Ohio--Ripley.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Biographical fiction.
- Picture books.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [28] unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 x 27 cm
- Edition:
- [1st ed.]
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, [2000].
- Summary:
- Describes an incident in the life of John Parker, an ex-slave who became a successful businessman in Ripley, Ohio, and who repeatedly risked his life to help other slaves escape to freedom.
- Notes:
- Map on lining papers.
- "Designed by Christine Kettner."
- "First Edition"
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2001
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Illustrator, Honor, 2001
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Rappaport, Doreen. Freedom river.
- ISBN:
- 0786803509 :
- 9780786803507
- 078681229X
- 9780786812295
- 0786822910
- 9780786822911
- OCLC:
- 41649599
- Publisher Number:
- 9780786803507
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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