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Amos Fortune, free man / Elizabeth Yates ; illustrated by Nora S. Unwin.
Record details
- ISBN: 0812474902
- ISBN: 9780812474909
- ISBN: 1439514895 : PBD
- ISBN: 9781439514894 : PBD
- ISBN: 0140341587
- ISBN: 0140341587
- ISBN: 9780140341584
- ISBN: 9781439514894
- ISBN: 1439514895
- ISBN: 9780812474909
- ISBN: 0812474902
- Physical Description: 181 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Publisher: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Puffin Books, 1989, ©1950.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Reprint. Originally published: New York : Dutton, 1950. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Africa 1725 -- Middle passage -- Boston 1725-1740 -- Woburn 1740-1779 -- Journey to Keene 1779 -- Arrival at Jaffrey -- Hard work fills the iron kettle 1781-1789 -- Amos on the mountain -- Auctioned for freedom -- Evergreen years 1794-1801. |
| Summary, etc.: | The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty. |
| Awards Note: | Newbery Medal, 1951. Newbery Medal Award, 1951. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 14 of 14 copies available at Bibliomation.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Babcock Library - Ashford | JB FOR (Text) | 33110143353991 | Newbery Award Winner | Available | - |
| Bethel Public Library | J B FORTUNE (Text) | 34030060694186 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Brookfield Library | J 921/FORTUNE (Text) | 34029146689988 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | J B FORTUNE (Text) | 34014132936874 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | J PB YATES NEWBERY (Text) | 31953001944480 | Juvenile Paperback | Available | - |
| Lyman Memorial High School | FIC YAT (Text) | 33431129295836 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Mark Twain Library Association - Redding | JB FORTUNE (Text) | 33620147430009 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Minor Memorial Library - Roxbury | J B FOR (Text) | 33630095466343 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Putnam Public Library | j B FORTUNE (Text) | 33610131799709 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Slater Public Library - Griswold | JB FORTUNE (Text) | 31252140631755 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
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