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Author
Greenfield, Eloise.
Title
How they got over : African Americans and the call of the sea / Eloise Greenfield ; illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
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New York, N.Y. : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2003.
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Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Non-Fiction
J 920 Gre
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Edition
1st ed.
Description
xvii, 104 p. : ill. ; 24 cm,.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Indexed In:
SLJ Jan 2003
PW 12/09/2002
Kirkus 11/15/2002
Summary
Profiles African American men and women who have had a strong connection with the sea, from slaves whose owners sent them to work on ships to today's fishermen, naval officers, and marine biologists.
Subject
United States. Navy -- Biography.
African Americans -- Biography.
Sailors -- United States -- Biography.
Explorers -- United States -- Biography.
Seafaring life -- Anecdotes.
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Gilchrist, Jan Spivey, illustrator.
ISBN
0060289910
0060289929
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