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The Drinking Gourd : A Story of the Underground Railroad

by F. N Monjo

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The stars of the Big Dipper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller''s house, a stop on the Underground Railroad. Will Tommy Fuller be able to hide the runaways from a search party—or will the secret passengers be discovered and their ... Read more

The stars of the Big Dipper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller''s house, a stop on the Underground Railroad. Will Tommy Fuller be able to hide the runaways from a search party—or will the secret passengers be discovered and their hope for freedom destroyed?

This Level 3 I Can Read book is a captivating first-person historical fiction account of the Underground Railroad, narrated by Tommy, a ten year-old Quaker boy,. With beautiful, simple prose that folds in historical facts about slavery and the Civil War, this book makes this important period of American history accessible to beginning readers. Includes an afterword from the author F.N. Monjo that explains the historical context of the Fugitive Slave Law.

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Book Details

File size8.88x5.88x0.18inches
Print pages62
PublisherHarperCollins Children's Books
Publication date September 1, 1983
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780064440424
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F. N. Monjo
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