Alec's primer
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Author
Walter, Mildred Pitts.
Contributors
Johnson, Larry, 1949-
Published
Middlebury, Vt. : Lebanon, N.H. : Vermont Folklife Center ; Distributed by University Press of New England, c2004.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0916718204
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.
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Published
Middlebury, Vt. : Lebanon, N.H. : Vermont Folklife Center ; Distributed by University Press of New England, c2004.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
ISBN
0916718204

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General Note
"A Vermont Folklife Center book"--Cover. A young slave's journey to freedom begins when a plantation owner's granddaughter teaches him how to read. Based on the childhood of Alec Turner (1845-1923) who escaped from slavery by joining the Union Army during the Civil War and later became a landowner in Vermont.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,LG,3.4,0.5,126615.

Subjects

LC Subjects
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Reading -- Juvenile fiction.
Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Walter, M. P., & Johnson, L. (2004). Alec's primer . Vermont Folklife Center ; Distributed by University Press of New England.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Walter, Mildred Pitts and Larry Johnson. 2004. Alec's Primer. Middlebury, Vt. : Lebanon, N.H.: Vermont Folklife Center ; Distributed by University Press of New England.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Walter, Mildred Pitts and Larry Johnson. Alec's Primer Middlebury, Vt. : Lebanon, N.H.: Vermont Folklife Center ; Distributed by University Press of New England, 2004.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Walter, Mildred Pitts., and Larry Johnson. Alec's Primer Vermont Folklife Center ; Distributed by University Press of New England, 2004.

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