Walter, Mildred Pitts. creator Johnson, Larry 1949- ill. text vtu Middlebury, Vt Lebanon, N.H Vermont Folklife Center Distributed by University Press of New England 2004 1st ed. monographic eng

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1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 22 cm. A young slave's journey to freedom begins when a plantation owner's granddaughter teaches him how to read. Based on the childhood of Alec Turner (1845-1923) who escaped from slavery by joining the Union Army during the Civil War and later became a landowner in Vermont. juvenile by Mildred Pitts Walter ; illustrated by Larry Johnson. Slavery Fiction African Americans Fiction Reading Fiction PZ7.W17125 Al 2004 [E] 0916718204 2003027716 DLC 050408 20190501172628.0 13438601