Sylvia Stark, a pioneer
Subtitle: a biography
By: by Victoria Scott & Ernest Jones ; illustrated by Karen Lewis.
Contributors: Jones, Ernest, 1958-; Lewis, Karen, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Open Hand Pub.; Distributed by Talman Co.
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Seattle, Wash; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 63
Subjects: Stark, Sylvia, b. 1839 -- Juvenile literature.; Stark, Sylvia, b. 1839.; Pioneers -- British Columbia -- Saltspring Island -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life -- British Columbia -- Saltspring Island -- Juvenile literature.; African American pioneers -- British Columbia -- Saltspring Island -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Pioneers -- California -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African American pioneers -- California -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Juvenile literature.; African Americans -- Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life.; Saltspring Island (B.C.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: Chronicles the life of a woman who was born as a slave in Missouri in 1839, moved with her family to California, and later lived on a small island off the coast of British Columbia until she was 105.