A Sweet-sounding Place
A Civil War Story of the Black 54th Regiment
Camden, Me. : Down East Books, [2007]
Format: Book
Description: 128 pages ; 23 cm
Rescued as an infant from the arms of his dying mother, a runaway slave, Moses is taken to Boston and raised with the family of a baker, then joins his uncle in a newly-formed, all-black regiment hoping to serve his country and find out about his mother.
Contents:
A baby -- Boston -- the stowaway -- Beau -- Old Jonah -- the coin -- Fort Wagner -- Jacksonville -- The swamp -- Escape -- Honey Hill -- Home again.
Subjects:
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865) -- Juvenile fiction.
Bakeries -- Juvenile fiction.
Freed persons -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
Soldiers -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction.
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865) -- Juvenile fiction.
Bakeries -- Juvenile fiction.
Freed persons -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
Soldiers -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction.
ISBN:
0892727578
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C Johnson | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
Includes bibliographical references (page 128).