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A hunger for learning : a story about Booker T. Washington / by Gwenyth Swain ; illustrations by Larry Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swain, Gwenyth, 1961- author.
- Series:
- Creative minds biography.
- A creative minds biography
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915--Juvenile literature.
- Washington, Booker T.
- African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African Americans.
- Educators--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Educators.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2006]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- When nine-year-old Booker T. Washington was finally freed from slavery, he soon discovered that freedom had a price, and that he had to work, and work hard, to make his way in the world. After years of study and struggle, Washington became a teacher at what would become the famed Tuskegee Institute. Built from the ground up by Washington, his students, and his staff, Tuskegee became one of the finest schools for black students in the nation. More than one hundred years later, it still is.
- Contents:
- Slavery days
- Freedom
- Working for Mrs. Ruffner
- At Hampton
- Building Tuskegee
- A voice for the South.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-62) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-29237-0
- 9786611292379
- 0-8225-6344-4
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