[PDF] My Story Of The Civil War And The Under Ground Railroad eBook

Author : Henry Cole
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 27,15 MB
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0545550696

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A Civil War–era girl’s courage is tested in this haunting, wordless story. When a farm girl discovers a runaway slave hiding in the barn, she is at once startled and frightened. But the stranger’s fearful eyes weigh upon her conscience, and she must make a difficult choice. Will she have the courage to help him? Unspoken gifts of humanity unite the girl and the runaway as they each face a journey: one following the North Star, the other following her heart. Henry Cole’s unusual and original rendering of the Underground Railroad speaks directly to our deepest sense of compassion. Praise for Unspoken A New York Times Best Illustrated Book “Designed to present youngsters with a moral choice . . . the author, a former teacher, clearly intended Unspoken to be a challenging book, its somber sepia tone drawings establish a mood of foreboding.” —The New York Times Book Review “Moving and emotionally charged.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Gorgeously rendered in soft dark pencils, this wordless book is reminiscent of the naturalistic pencil artistry of Maurice Sendak and Brian Selznick.” —School Library Journal, starred review “Cole’s . . . beautifully detailed pencil drawings on cream-colored paper deftly visualize a family’s ruggedly simple lifestyle on a Civil War–era homestead, while facing stark, ethical choices . . . Cole conjures significant tension and emotional heft . . . in this powerful tale of quiet camaraderie and courage.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Author : Marvin Benjamin Butler
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 47,80 MB
Release : 2014-03-26
Category :
ISBN : 9781293917855

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ My Story Of The Civil War And The Under-ground Railroad Marvin Benjamin Butler The United Brethren Publishing Establishment, 1914 History; United States; Civil War Period (1850-1877); History / General; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Underground Railroad; Underground railroad; United States

Author : David Blight
Publisher : Harper Paperbacks
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 30,67 MB
Release : 2006-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780060851187

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Few things have defined America as much as slavery. In the wake of emancipation the story of the Underground Railroad has become a seemingly irresistible part of American historical consciousness. This stirring drama is one Americans have needed to tell and retell and pass on to their children. But just how much of the Underground Railroad is real, how much legend and mythology, how much invention? Passages to Freedom sets out to answer this question and place it within the context of slavery, emancipation, and its aftermath. Published on the occasion of the opening of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, Passages to Freedom brings home the reality of slavery's destructiveness. This distinguished yet accessible volume offers a galvanizing look at how the brave journey out of slavery both haunts and inspires us today.

Author : Marvin Benjamin 1834-1914 Butler
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 16,28 MB
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781374124356

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Author : Marvin Benjamin Butler
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 37,42 MB
Release : 2017-10-17
Category :
ISBN : 9780265427583

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Excerpt from My Story of the Civil War and the Under-Ground Railroad For more than three years preceding the war, I ac quired the habit of keeping a diary, and from the day I enlisted, gave it special care and attention. On reaching home the last time it was laid by and hardly referred to until one year ago when I began to copy and te-write, as I then supposed, for my grand-children. But in do ing this it grew into a larger and more interesting vol ume than I had anticipated. Since its completion I have been urged by so many to offer it to the public, that I have finally concluded to do so. I cannot very well eliminate. My little love story or the little girl, from. This volume. It would spoil it forevery old soldier. She must have a place in my book, as she later became the best part of my life, until death separated us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Colson Whitehead
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 38,42 MB
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345804325

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • "An American masterpiece" (NPR) that chronicles a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. • The basis for the acclaimed original Amazon Prime Video series directed by Barry Jenkins. Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. An outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is on the cusp of womanhood—where greater pain awaits. And so when Caesar, a slave who has recently arrived from Virginia, urges her to join him on the Underground Railroad, she seizes the opportunity and escapes with him. In Colson Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor: engineers and conductors operate a secret network of actual tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. Cora embarks on a harrowing flight from one state to the next, encountering, like Gulliver, strange yet familiar iterations of her own world at each stop. As Whitehead brilliantly re-creates the terrors of the antebellum era, he weaves in the saga of our nation, from the brutal abduction of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is both the gripping tale of one woman's will to escape the horrors of bondage—and a powerful meditation on the history we all share. Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Crook Manifesto, coming soon!

Author : M B Butler
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,4 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
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ISBN : 9781016258814

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