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Henry's freedom box / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson. |
| Authors: | Levine, Ellen. |
| Call number: | j973.7115 LEV |
| Publisher: | New York : Scholastic Press, c2007. |
| Publication date: | c2007. |
| Subject: |
Slavery -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction. Underground Railroad -- Fiction. Juvenile literature. Brown, Henry Box, b. 1816. |
| Title: | Henry's freedom box / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Physical description: | [40] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. |
| IMCPL dedication: | This book was made possible by a gift from Kerry and Elizabeth Blanchard. |
| Summary note: | A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references (colophon). |
| Awards note: | A Junior Library Guild selection. |
| Added author: | Nelson, Kadir, ill. |
| ISBN: | 043977733X (reinforced) : 9780439777339 (reinforced) : 9780439928786 0439928788 0545105609 (scholastic) 9781428721920 (Follett) |
| LCCN: | 2006009487 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1091306 |
| Bib No.: | 1091306 |