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Virginia Hamilton

Anthony Burns

The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave

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The unforgettable novel from the Newbery Medal-winning author tells the true story of a runaway slave whose capture and trial set off abolitionist riots (Kirkus Reviews).Anthony Burns is a runaway slave who has just started to build a life for himself in Boston. Then his former owner comes to town to collect him. Anthony won't go willingly, though, and people across the city step forward to make sure he's not taken. Based on the true story of a man who stood up against the Fugitive Slave Law, Hamilton's gripping account follows the battle in the streets and in the courts to keep Burns a citizen of Boston-a battle that is the prelude to the na… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-4532-1391-9
  • EAN: 9781453213919
  • Produktnummer: 19299288
  • Verlag: Open Road Media Teen & Tween
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
  • Seitenangabe: 208 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Sonstiges: Ab 4 - 6 J.

Über den Autor


Virginia Hamilton (1934–2002) was the author of over forty books for children, young adults, and their older allies. Throughout a career that spanned four decades, Hamilton earned numerous accolades for her work, including nearly every major award available to writers of youth literature. In 1974, M.C. Higgins, the Great earned Hamilton the National Book Award, the Newbery Medal (which she was the first African-American author to receive), and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, three of the field’s most prestigious awards. She received the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition bestowed on a writer of books for young readers, in 1992, and in 1995 became the first children’s book author to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, or “Genius Award.” She was also the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award.

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