| The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls Contributor(s): Meriwether, Louise (Author), Green, Jonathan (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 161117855X ISBN-13: 9781611178555 Publisher: University of South Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation - Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2017041620 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.8" W x 11.2" (0.90 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Locality - Charleston, South Carolina - Geographic Orientation - South Carolina - Topical - Civil War - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Robert Smalls, born a slave in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, gained fame as an African American hero of the American Civil War. The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls tells the inspirational story of Small's life as a slave, his boyhood dream of freedom, and his bold and daring plan as a young man to commandeer a Confederate gunboat from Charleston Harbor and escape with fifteen fellow slaves and family members. Smalls joined the Union Navy and rose to the rank of captain and became the first African American to command a U.S. service ship. After the war Smalls returned to Beaufort, bought the home of his former master, and began a long career in state and national politics. This new edition of The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls, originally published in 1971, features Louise Meriwether's original narrative, now illustrated by the colorful paintings of renowned Southern artist Jonathan Green. |
Contributor Bio(s): Meriwether, Louise: - Louise Meriwether is a novelist, journalist, and teacher. She earned a B.A. in English from New York University and an M.A. in journalism from the University of California, at Los Angeles. In the 1950s Meriwether worked for Universal Studios as the first African American story analyst in Hollywood. Her first novel, Daddy Was a Number Runner, received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts. Meriwether has taught creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College and the University of Houston.Green, Jonathan: - Jonathan Green has gained acclaim as one of the most important contemporary artists of the Southern experience. His work has been exhibited and collected internationally and appears in Gullah Images: The Art of Jonathan Green. Green has been honored with the NAACP Image Awards Key of Life, the Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Award of the South Carolina Arts Commission, the South Carolina Order of the Palmetto, and other accolades. |