Twelve travelers, twenty horses
By: Harriette Gillem Robinet.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.; African Americans -- Fiction.; Slavery -- Fiction.; Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.; West (U.S.) -- Fiction.; United States -- History -- 1849-1877 -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: On the way to California with their kind new master, thirteen-year-old Jacob, his mother, and other slaves are caught up in adventures that include trying to stop a plot to help the South secede from the Union.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-192).