Away west / by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Gordon C. James.
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Main Library | Children's First Chapter Book | McKissack, Pat | 2 | Available | 33111004893919 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This second novel in the saga of one black family's past recounts a young Southern boy's dream of heading west to a new life, and the way in which he learns the deeper meaning of the medal that his father earned during the Civil War. Illustrations.
In 1879, thirteen-year-old Everett Turner leaves a life of struggle on his family's farm and runs away to St. Louis, where he works in a livery stable before heading to the all-Black town of Nicodemus, Kansas.