TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bolden,Tonya
TI  - Capital days: Michael Shiner's journal and the growth of our nation's capital 
SN  - 1419707337 (hbk.)
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - Abrams Books for Young Readers
KW  - Shiner, Michael,
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Freedmen
KW  - Slaves
KW  - Maryland
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Race relations
N1  - Maps on lining papers; Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-83) and index; "Flames of fire" and "rockets' red glare" -- Hard winters, an apple tree, and freedom on his mind -- An ax, a "snow-storm," lunch baskets, and brickbats -- A "singular mark," a "splendid day," and standing by the Stars and Stripes
N2  - "Tells the story of Washington, D.C., through the story of an African American man, Michael Shiner, who lived there from approximately 1804 to 1880 and who kept a journal, excerpts of which are interspersed throughout the heavily illustrated text"--
ER  -