Up before daybreak : cotton and people in America

Title
  1. Up before daybreak : cotton and people in America / Deborah Hopkinson.
Published by
  1. New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, c2006.
Author
  1. Hopkinson, Deborah.

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Description
  1. 120 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. Read about the importance of cotton in America's history and learn about the lives of people who picked it and worked with it.
Subject
  1. Cotton growing
  2. Cotton picking
  3. Cotton trade
  4. Slavery
  5. Slavery > United States
  6. Cotton growing > Social aspects > United States > History
  7. Cotton farmers > United States > Biography
  8. Cotton picking > Social aspects > United States > History
  9. Cotton trade > Social aspects > United States > History
  10. Slaves > United States > Biography
  11. Slaves > Biography
Contents
  1. A shoeful of cotton seeds -- Up before daybreak -- Mountains of cotton -- At the clang of a bell -- From can to can't -- They called us lintheads -- Cotton pickers -- Mill workers.
Call number
  1. J 331.76 H
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-114) and index.
Author
  1. Hopkinson, Deborah.
Title
  1. Up before daybreak : cotton and people in America / Deborah Hopkinson.
Imprint
  1. New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, c2006.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-114) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2005008128
ISBN
  1. 0439639018 (hardcover)
  2. 9780439639019
Research call number
  1. J 331.76 H
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