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Black hands, white sails : the story of African-American whalers / Patricia C. McKissack & Fredrick L. McKissack.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Scholastic Press, ©1999.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxiv, 152 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0590483137
  • 9780590483131
  • 0439168457
  • 9780439168458
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 639.2/8/0896073 21
LOC classification:
  • SH381.5 .M38 1999
NLM classification:
  • 639.28 Mck
  • 639.28 M158b
Contents:
Shore whaling -- Gone a-whaling -- Black whalemen of Nantucket -- New Bedford -- Welcome aboard -- All hands on deck.
Awards:
  • Coretta Scott King Honor, authors, 2000
Summary: A history of African-American whalers between 1730 and 1880, describing their contributions to the whaling industry and their role in the abolitionist movement.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Children's Books Academic Resource Center at Levitt Juvenile Books (MAIN level) JUVE SH 381.5 .M38 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5642

Coretta Scott King Honor, authors, 2000

Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-147) and index.

Shore whaling -- Gone a-whaling -- Black whalemen of Nantucket -- New Bedford -- Welcome aboard -- All hands on deck.

A history of African-American whalers between 1730 and 1880, describing their contributions to the whaling industry and their role in the abolitionist movement.

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