Steamboat school
- Title
- Steamboat school / written by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Ron Husband.
- Published by
- Los Angeles ; New York : Disney-Hyperion, [2016].
- Supplementary content
- Author
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Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations; 27 x 29 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Call number
- JFF 17-145
- Note
- "Inspired by a true story."
- "St. Louis, Missouri: 1847."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Author
- Hopkinson, Deborah.
- Title
- Steamboat school / written by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Ron Husband.
- Publisher
- Los Angeles ; New York : Disney-Hyperion, [2016].
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of content
- text
- still image
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Husband, Ron, illustrator.
- LCCN
- 2015016315
- ISBN
- 9781423121961
- 1423121961
- Research call number
- JFF 17-145