Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule |
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| Author:
| Robinet, Harriette Gillem |
| Illustrator:
| Nickens, Bessie |
| ISBN: | 978-0-689-82078-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1998 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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| Imprint: | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $17.99 |
Book Description:
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Like other ex-slaves, Pascal and his older brother Gideon have been promised forty acres and maybe a mule. With the friends they have made, they claim a place of their own. Green Gloryland is the most wonderful place on earth, their own family farm with a healthy cotton crop and plenty to eat. But the notorious night riders have plans to take it away, threatening the beautiful freedom that the two boys are enjoying for the first time in their young lives. Coming alive in plain, vibrant...
More DescriptionLike other ex-slaves, Pascal and his older brother Gideon have been promised forty acres and maybe a mule. With the friends they have made, they claim a place of their own. Green Gloryland is the most wonderful place on earth, their own family farm with a healthy cotton crop and plenty to eat. But the notorious night riders have plans to take it away, threatening the beautiful freedom that the two boys are enjoying for the first time in their young lives. Coming alive in plain, vibrant language is this story of the Reconstruction, after the Civil War.