Friend on freedom river
By: written by Gloria Whelan ; illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen.
Contributors: Frankenhuyzen, Gijsbert van, ill.
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chelsea, MI
Language: eng
Subjects: Underground railroad -- Fiction.; Courage -- Fiction.; Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.; African Americans -- Fiction.; Slavery -- Fiction.; Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: On a cold December night, Louis must decide whether to brave the treacherous Detroit River to take a slave family to freedom.