Alec's Primer
Middlebury, Vt. : Vermont Folklife Center, [2004]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.
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.
Series: Vermont Folklife Center children's book series.
Subjects:
Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Reading -- Juvenile fiction.
Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Reading -- Juvenile fiction.
ISBN:
0916718204
"A Vermont Folklife Center book"--Cover.