Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
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Booker dreamed
of making friends with words,
setting free the secrets
that lived in books.
Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot, to Hampton Institute, taking his first of many steps towards a college degree. When he arrived, he had just fifty cents in his pocket and a dream about to come true. The young slave who once waited outside of the schoolhouse would one day become a legendary educator of freedmen.
Award-winning artist Bryan Collier captures the hardship and the spirit of one of the most inspiring figures in American history, bringing to life Booker T. Washington's journey to learn, to read, and to realize a dream.
Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
By Jabari Asim
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of making friends with words,
setting free the secrets
that lived in books.
Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot, to Hampton Institute, taking his first of many steps towards a college degree. When he arrived, he had just fifty cents in his pocket and a dream about to come true. The young slave who once waited outside of the schoolhouse would one day become a legendary educator of freedmen.
Award-winning artist Bryan Collier captures the hardship and the spirit of one of the most inspiring figures in American history, bringing to life Booker T. Washington's journey to learn, to read, and to realize a dream.
ISBN
9780316086578
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Pages
48 pages
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published
Dec 4, 2012
Language
en
Cover type
Hardcover
Book details
- Authors
- Jabari Asim
- ISBN
- 9780316086578
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Published
- Dec 4, 2012
- Publication year
- 2012
- Pages
- 48
- Dimensions
- 11.1 in × 0.65 in × 10.1 in
- Language
- en
- Categories
- Juvenile NonfictionBiography & AutobiographyHistoricalHistoryUnited States20th Century