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Abraham Lincoln : letters from a slave girl / by Andrea Davis Pinkney.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ7.P6333 Af 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pinkney, Andrea Davis.
- Series:
- Dear Mr. President.
- Dear Mr. President
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Juvenile fiction.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Fiction.
- Emancipation Proclamation--Fiction.
- Slavery--Fiction.
- Letters--Fiction.
- Presidents--Fiction.
- Twelve-year-old girls--Charleston, South Carolina--Fiction.
- Letter writing--Fiction.
- Slavery--History--19th century--Fiction.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 136, [4] pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Delray Beach] Florida ; New York : Winslow Press, [2001].
- Summary:
- A fictional correspondence between President Abraham Lincoln and a twelve-year-old slave girl that discusses his decision to write the Emancipation Proclamation.
- Notes:
- "Discover Dear Mr. President's interactive web site with worldwide links, games, activities, and more at WinslowPress.com"
- "First edition, 05/01"
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-121) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 1890817600 :
- 9781890817602
- 0874999480
- 9780874999488
- OCLC:
- 44905028
- Publisher Number:
- 685720000600 (bk.)
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