Robert Smalls
Subtitle: the boat thief
By: [Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.] ; illustrations by Patrick Faricy.
Contributors: Faricy, Patrick, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s American heroes
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children; Hyperion Book CH
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9781423108023
Subjects: Smalls, Robert, -- 1839-1915 -- Juvenile literature.; Smalls, Robert, -- 1839-1915.; African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Slaves -- Biography.; African Americans -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: "Robert Smalls was a true American patriot. Despite the burdens America laid upon him, he loved our country. He believed  in the "inherent justice" of American democracy and in the principles espoused in the Declaration of Independence"--Afterword.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 40).

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