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Author:

Kennedy, Robert Francis, 1954-

Title:

Robert Smalls : the boat thief / [Robert F. Kennedy] ; illustrations by Patrick Faricy.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Hyperion Books for Children,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

viii, 40 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Smalls, Robert,--1839-1915--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
United States--Participation, African American--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American--Juvenile literature.
Smalls, Robert,--1839-1915.
Slaves.
African Americans.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Smalls, Robert,--1839-1915.
Slaves--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
United States--History--1861-1865, Civil War.

Other Authors:

Faricy, Patrick, ill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 40).

Summary:

Shares the story of Robert Smalls, a slave who became a hero after hijacking a Confederate steamer during the Civil War and turning it over to the Union, and who later served as a U.S. congressman from South Carolina.

Series:

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s American heroes
Kennedy, Robert Francis, 1954- American heroes.

ISBN:

1423108027
9781423108023

Locations:

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

NCPC953 -- Buffalo Center Public Library (Buffalo Center)

RGPA371 -- Churdan Public Library (Churdan)

GSPC501 -- Colfax Public Library (Colfax)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SBPB074 -- Dunkerton Public Library (Dunkerton)

NKPD993 -- Eagle Grove Memorial Library (Eagle Grove)

54SX745 -- Emmetsburg High School (Emmetsburg)

TAPB572 -- Fairfax Public Library (Fairfax)

REPC017 -- Greenfield Public Library (Greenfield)

ARPC277 -- Leon Public Library (Leon)

RTPA135 -- J.J. Hands Library (Lohrville)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

LEPI975 -- Woodbury County Library (Moville)

RKPA371 -- Rippey Public Library (Rippey)

XFPB697 -- Stanton Public Library (Stanton)

TWPC862 -- Toledo Public Library (Toledo)

MTPB743 -- West Bend Public Library (West Bend)