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Title:
Steamboat school : inspired by a true story, St. Louis, Missouri : 1847
Author:
Hopkinson, Deborah, author.
Added Author:
Husband, Ron, illustrator.
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
Los Angeles ; New York : Disney-Hyperion, 2016.

©2016
Physical Description:
36 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
ISBN:
9781423121961
Abstract:
In 1847 St. Louis, Missouri, when a new law against educating African Americans forces Reverend John to close his school, he finds an ingenious solution to the new state law by moving his school to a steamboat in the Mississippi River. Includes author's note on Reverend John Berry Meachum, a minister, entrepreneur, and educator who fought tirelessly for the rights of African Americans.
Personal Subject:
Meachum, John B., 1789-1854-Juvenile literature.
Subject Term:
African American educators -- Juvenile literature.

Education -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.

African Americans -- Juvenile literature.

Steamboats -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Geographic Term:
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Language:
English
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