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Item Nr: B 121236 Title: Capital Days: Michael Shiner's Journal and the Growth of Our Nation's Capital
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Bolden, Tonya
Length: 90 Prod/Pub: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Copyright: 2015 Series:
Book Type: N Biographee: Shiner, Michael, 1805-1880.
Copies: 1 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  Tells the story of Washington, D.C., through the story of an African American man, Michael Shiner, who lived there from approximately 1805 to 1880 and who kept a journal, excerpts of which are interspersed throughout the heavily illustrated text. RC 11.4 Lexile 1140 IL 4-8.

  Subjects:
  791 - AFRICAN AMERICANS
  58 - AMERICA--HISTORY/AMERICAN
  1400 - AUTHOR, BLACK (BOOKS BY)
  204 - BIOGRAPHY
  407 - DIARIES/JOURNALS
  1681 - LEXILE 1100-1199
  1840 - PRIMARY SOURCES
  998 - SLAVERY
  1108 - U.S.--HISTORY
  1116 - U.S.--HISTORY--1815-1865
  1119 - U.S.--HISTORY--1865-1898
  1160 - WASHINGTON, D.C.