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York's Adventures with Lewis and Clark: The African-American's Part in the Great Expedition - Softcover
Did you know that an African-American man participated in Lewis and Clark's famous expedition? Working alongside free men, William Clark's slave York played an important role in the journey s success. This award-winning book draws on extensive research to give a gripping and insightful account of York s significant contribution to this landmark historical event. ''Kirkus Reviews'' gives the book a starred review: ''Full of maps, sketches, portraits, and other archival materials . . . one of the best new works on the subject.'' ''Your shelves may be bulging with Lewis and Clark expedition books . . . but make room for this one.'' Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for outstanding non-fiction for children. 100+ illus.
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Rhoda Blumberg has written about the opening of Japan (1853-1854) in Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun, a Newbery Honor Book, which also won the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award and the Golden Kite Award. Her acclaimed histories also include The Incredible Journey of Lewis & Clark, The Great American Gold Rush, and The Remarkable Voyages of Captain Cook, all ALA Notable Books. She is the winner of the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for her overall contribution to nonfiction.
Rhoda Blumberg says that while doing research for Commodore Perry, "I read about the ordeals and strange adventures of Manjiro, then spent years replaying his life story in my mind until I felt impelled to write about him."
The author and her husband, Gerald, live in Yorktown Heights, New York.
Gr. 4-8. Blumberg, author of The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark (1987), now offers an account of the same journey featuring York, the only African American member of the Corps of Discovery. William Clark's playmate as a child and later his personal slave, York joined his master on the expedition, where his strength, skills, and courageous acts were recorded in the journals. His black skin and strong physique amazed and impressed many of the Native Americans, perhaps helping the corps gain acceptance. Blumberg notes that without York, the expedition might have failed. Reproductions of paintings, prints, photographs, documents, and artifacts illustrate this large-format book, which concludes with a bibliography, Internet sites, and several pages of endnotes, containing background information and citations for the many quotations from books, letters, and journals. Although much of York's life was unrecorded, this clearly presents what is known and acknowledges speculation where it occurs. Your shelves may be bulging with Lewis and Clark expedition books in this bicentennial year, but make room for this one. Carolyn Phelan
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- PublisherCollins
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1437965067
- ISBN 13 9781437965063
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages88
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