Shaw's Fortune: The Picture Story of a Colonial Plantation

by Edwin Tunis

Other authorsEdwin Tunis (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 1966

Status

Available

Call number

H1752

Tags

farming, plantation life, slavery, Malcolm Shaw, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia history, H1752

Genres

Publication

World Publishing Company (1966), 100 pages

Description

A re-creation of the world of the Shaw family and the people who lived and worked on their plantation.

Subjects

Plantation life Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) Juvenile literature

Awards

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (1967)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee — 1967-1968)

Language

English

Barcode

9518

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