The Flag Never Touched the Ground: America's Brave Black Regiment in Battle

Magoon, Kekla

ISBN 10: 178269305X / ISBN 13: 9781782693055

Edité par Pushkin Children's Books, 2022

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G178269305XI5N10

Synopsis :

FEATURING EXCITING AND ACCESSIBLE LEARNING RESOURCES, BRINGING THIS INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY TO LIFE

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. 1863.

On a cold beach in South Carolina, the soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment are marching into battle. Their mission: to capture the impregnable Fort Wagner. The odds are heavily against them, and the stakes could not be higher - they are one of the first all-Black regiments in the Union Army, and all of America is watching them.

Among their ranks is William Harvey Carney. A formerly enslaved man who escaped to the North, he knows what a precious thing freedom is. So when the bugle sounds, and the regimental flag is hoisted high, William charges towards the guns.

À propos de l'auteur: An author, speaker and writing teacher, Kekla Magoon has been longlisted for the National Book Award, received an NAACP Image Award, and two Coretta Scott King Awards. She initially studied history at Northwestern University in the US, and loves to uncover the stories of the brave and creative people who have come before us. Her books about civil rights and social justice in America include X, a novel about Malcolm X co-written with his daughter, and The Rock and the River, about a young boy torn between his civil rights leader father and his Black Panther brother.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Flag Never Touched the Ground: America's...
Éditeur : Pushkin Children's Books
Date d'édition : 2022
Reliure : Paperback
Illustrateur : Pinelli, Amerigo
Etat : Fair
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket