Search Results: Returned 6 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 6
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[2022]., Ages 8-12, Random House Call No: J HIST 973.3 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: History smashers.Summary Note: "Before the Civil War, there was a crack team of abolitionists who used quilts and signal lanterns to guide enslaved people to freedom. RIGHT? WRONG! The truth is, the Underground Railroad wasn't very organized, and most freedom seekers were on their own. With a mix of sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels, acclaimed author Kate Messner and coauthor and Brown Bookshelf contributor Gwendolyn Hooks deliver the whole truth about the Underground Railroad."--
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1995, c1993., Young Adult, HarperTrophy Call No: Y YEP Edition: 1st Harper Trophy ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a fifteen-year-old Chinese boy is sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1867.
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By Floca, Brian[2013], Ages 6-10, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: J TRAN 385.0973 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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1998., 5.1; Ages 3-6, Pleasant Co. Call No: YS POR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The American girls collectionSummary Note: In 1864, after her father and brother are sold to another owner, nine-year-old Addy Walker and her mother escape from their cruel life as slaves in North Carolina to freedom in Philadelphia.
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c2000., Young Adult, Simon & Schuster Call No: HIST 385 .0973 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Profiles the men who built the transcontinental railroad, the investors who risked their businesses to fund it, the politicians who understood its importance, the Irish and Chinese immigrants who worked on it, and the other laborers who did the dangerous work of laying the track.
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[2018], Age 8-12; Grade 4 to 6, Scholastic Inc. Call No: YS AME Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: American Girl.Summary Note: An introduction to the Underground Railroad shares the real-life experiences of those who participated in the railroad, along with the story of escaped slave and American Girl Addy.
