Only Passing Through
The Story of Sojourner Truth
Rockwell, Anne F.
Christie, R. Gregory (ILT)
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
A powerful picture book biography of one of the abolitionist movement's most compelling voices.
Sojourner Truth traveled the country in the latter half of the 19th century, speaking out against slavery. She told of a slave girl who was sold three times by age 13, who was beaten for not understanding her master's orders, who watched her parents die of cold and hunger when they could no longer work for their keep. Sojourner's simple yet powerful words helped people to understand the hideous truth about slavery. The story she told was her own.
Only Passing Through is the inspiring story of how a woman, born a slave with no status or dignity, transformed herself into one of the most powerful voices of the abolitionist movement. Anne Rockwell combines her lifelong love of history with her well-known skill as a storyteller to create this simple, affecting portrait of an American icon.
From the Hardcover Library Binding edition.
BOOK REVIEWS
Reviewed in Bookselling Kids' Pick of the Lists Part Two for October 2000.
"The facts in this picture-book biography speak as eloquently as its illustrations, which have an authority and passion recalling Jacob Lawrence's Harriet and the Promised Land."The Horn Book, Starred Review
"The look and feel of a childrens classic . . . a valuable addition to any childs library.
-- The New York Times
Rockwells vibrant storytelling, powerful content and moving authors note will likely send readers off to further reading about this extraordinary heroine.
-- Publishers Weekly, Starred
"It's a powerful story, well told and handsomely set; worth of its courageous subject." -- The Horn Book Magazine, Starred
From the Hardcover edition.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 044041766X
ISBN(13-digit): 9780440417668
Copyright: 2002
Dewey Decimal: 305.5/67/092
Library of Congress: BL2003000079
Book Publisher: Random House Childrens Books
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 40
Paper Weight (lb): 0.4
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