Henry's freedom box
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Scholastic Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | 2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Carrier Form: | [40] p.: col. ill. ; 29 cm. |
ISBN: |
043977733X (reinforced) 9780439777339 (reinforced) 9780545105606 0545105609 |
Index Number: | I712 |
CLC: | I712.84 |
Call Number: | I712.84/L665-2 |
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Art techniques used: Layers of pencil, watercolor and oil paint in rich double page layouts. Includes bibliographical references (colophon). A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia. |