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Author:

Figley, Marty Rhodes, 1948-

Title:

Prisoner for liberty / by Marty Rhodes Figley ; illustrations by Craig Orback.

Publisher:

Millbrook Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Forten, James,--1766-1842--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American boys--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American soldiers--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Prisoners of war--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--African Americans--Revolution, 1775-1783--African Americans--Juvenile literature.
United States--African Americans--Revolution, 1775-1783--African Americans--Juvenile literature.
Free African Americans--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Sailmakers--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Forten, James,--1766-1842.
African American boys.
African American soldiers.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

Other Authors:

Orback, Craig, ill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 48) and index.

Summary:

Brief biography of James Forten, an African American boy who participated in the Revolutionary War and was captured by the British.

Series:

On my own history

ISBN:

0822590220
9780822590224
082257280X (lib. bdg.)
9780822572800 (lib. bdg.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)71241939

LCCN:

2006028582

Locations:

HQPD845 -- Rock Valley Public Library (Rock Valley)