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Up before daybreak : cotton and people in America /
Author Hopkinson, Deborah.
Call Number j331.7 HOP
Publisher New York : Scholastic Nonfiction,
Subject Cotton picking -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Cotton growing -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Cotton trade -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Slaves -- United States -- Biography.
Cotton farmers -- United States -- Biography.
Slavery -- United States.
Cotton picking.
Cotton growing.
Cotton trade.
Slaves -- Biography.
Slavery.
Juvenile literature.
Title Statement Up before daybreak : cotton and people in America / Deborah Hopkinson.
Description 120 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents A shoeful of cotton seeds -- Up before daybreak -- Mountains of cotton -- At the clang of a bell -- From can to can't -- They called us lintheads -- Cotton pickers -- Mill workers.
Summary Read about the importance of cotton in America's history and learn about the lives of people who picked it and worked with it.
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-114) and index.
Awards Notes A Junior Library Guild selection.
ISBN 0439639018 (hardcover) :
LCCN 2005008128
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Bib No. 1057023
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