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The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch
Chris Barton, Don Tate (Illustrator)
A unique biography of a remarkable Reconstruction figureJohn Roy Lynch spent most of his childhood as a slave in Mississippi, but all of that changed with the Emancipation Proclamation. Suddenly people like John Roy could have paying jobs and attend school. While many people in the South were unhappy with the social change, John Roy thrived in the new era. He was appointed to serve as justice of the peace and was eventually elected into the United States Congress.This biography, with its informative backmatter and splendid illustrations, gives readers an in-depth look at the Reconstruction period through the life of one of the first African-American congressmen.
Media
Paper
Genre
Nonfiction
Offered by
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
(User: EBYR)
Batch
January 2015
Starts: 2015-01-05
Ended: 2015-01-26
On Sale
2015-06-05
Country
USA
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