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Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains how Conestoga wagons were built and driven as well as their historical significance and importance to the early American economy.
7) Stagecoach
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Source
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
xv, 461 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
400 pages cm
Language
English
Description
"What was it like to travel while Black under Jim Crow? Mia Bay brings this dramatic history to life. With gripping stories and a close eye on the rail, bus, and airline operators who implemented segregation, she shows why access to unrestricted mobility has been central to the Black freedom struggle since Reconstruction and remains so today"--
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 332 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"How the automobile fundamentally changed African American life--the true history beyond the Best Picture-winning movie. The ultimate symbol of independence and possibility, the automobile has shaped this country from the moment the first Model T rolled off Henry Ford's assembly line. Yet cars have always held distinct importance for African Americans, allowing black families to evade the many dangers presented by an entrenched racist society and...
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