7 records matched your query       

Author:

VanHecke, Susan, author.

Title:

Under the freedom tree / Susan Vanhecke ; Illustrated by London Ladd.

Publisher:

Charlesbridge,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Fugitive slaves--Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, American.
Fugitive slaves--Poetry.
American poetry.

Other Authors:

Ladd, London, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Tells of the Civil War's first contraband camp that began when three escaped slaves were granted protection at a Union-held fort, prompting runaway slaves to seek freedom there and build the country's first African American community.

ISBN:

1580895514 (softcover)
9781580895514 (softcover)
1580895506 (reinforced for library use)
9781580895507 (reinforced for library use)

LCCN:

2012038698

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

YLPC314 -- Cascade Public Library (Cascade)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

AJPE887 -- Matilda J. Gibson Memorial Library (Creston)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

VQPC384 -- Reinbeck Public Library (Reinbeck)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)