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Alec's primer

Title
Alec's primer / by Mildred Pitts Walter ; illustrated by Larry Johnson.
Author
Walter, Mildred Pitts.
Publication
Middlebury, Vt. : Vermont Folklife Center ; Lebanon, N.H. : Distributed by University Press of New England, c2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Johnson, Larry, 1949-
  • Schomburg Children's Collection.
  • Joyce B. Dinkins Children's Collection.
Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.; 21 x 26 cm.
Summary
A young slave's journey to freedom begins when a plantation owner's granddaughter teaches him how to read. Based on the childhood of Alec Turner (1845-1923) who escaped from slavery by joining the Union Army during the Civil War and later became a landowner in Vermont.
Series Statement
The Vermont Folklife Center children's book series
Subjects
Note
  • "A Vermont Folklife Center book"--Cover.
Call Number
Sc F 05-276
ISBN
0916718204
LCCN
  • 2003027716
  • 9780916718206
OCLC
53954196
Author
Walter, Mildred Pitts.
Title
Alec's primer / by Mildred Pitts Walter ; illustrated by Larry Johnson.
Imprint
Middlebury, Vt. : Vermont Folklife Center ; Lebanon, N.H. : Distributed by University Press of New England, c2004.
Edition
1st ed.
Series
The Vermont Folklife Center children's book series
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Johnson, Larry, 1949-
Schomburg Children's Collection.
Joyce B. Dinkins Children's Collection.
Other Standard Identifier
9780916718206
Research Call Number
Sc F 05-276
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