The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft by Cathy Moore
On December 21, 1848, Ellen Craft and her husband, William, slipped out into the cold, dark night and took their first steps towards freedom. They were runaway slaves. Posing as a white man traveling with a slave, Ellen courageously boarded a train bound for Philadelphia. Could they actually make it a thousand miles without being discovered? As each tension-filled day passed and freedom got closer, Ellen and William risked everything - even death - to be free.-
Sybil Ludington's Midnight Ride
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Buttons for General Washington
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The Snow Walker
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The Schoolchildren's Blizzard
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The Copper Lady
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Clouds of Terror
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Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
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Danger at Sand Cave
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Will and Orv
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Fire at the Triangle Factory
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Rescue on the Outer Banks
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Saving the Liberty Bell
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Sam Collier and the Founding of Jamestown
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Willie McLean and the Civil War Surrender
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The Star-Spangled Banner
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The Day of the Black Blizzard
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Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
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The Flight of the Union (On My Own History)
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I Pledge Allegiance, 2nd Edition
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The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth
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Many Ways to Be a Soldier
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Danger at the Breaker
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I Pledge Allegiance
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Cracking the Wall
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Lost at the White House
Moore, Cathy: - Cathy Moore, a resident of Kentucky, was inspired to write Hired Out from her experience as a tour guide at the Kentucky History Center and her fascination with thoroughbred horse racing through her employment as a Keeneland Library assistant. After graduating from Earlham College in Indiana, she began her professional career as an elementary school teacher and librarian in Illinois. She and husband Don moved to New Orleans and lived not far from the Fair Grounds Race Course where they delved into the culture, history, and practices of horse racing. They moved to Kentucky and immersed themselves in the thoroughbred milieu. Imagining the challenges of a bi-racial girl in antebellum Kentucky, Cathy researched and wrote the story of America Murphy, an actual native of the city of Lexington. Hired Out is a visualization of America's life as a slave living in a border state, across the Ohio River from freedom. America touches history through her later connections with the racing world.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780876147870 |
| ISBN 10 | 0876147872 |
| Title | The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft |
| Author | Cathy Moore |
| Series | On My Own History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | First Avenue Editions (Tm) |
| Year published | 2002-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 48 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |