Freedom Roads: Searching for the Underground Railroad

by Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan

The Underground Railroad was meant to be a set of secret pathways, and its traces have been obscured by time. But Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan, who won a Coretta Scott King Honor for their previous book, show how archaeologists and historians sift through corn cobs and root cellars, study songs and quilts, and use the latest technology to reconstruct those heroic journeys. Freedom Roads offers both a fresh look at the escape routes from slavery and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812626737
• ISBN13: 9780812626735
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Cricket Books
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.9" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

Great informative!

I am a student in the process of becoming a teacher, and as such I found this to be a great supplement to any text book and more informative than a fiction. This book gives more in depth information about slavery and specifically the Underground Railroad than any other book, text or otherwise, that I have ever read! I learned about the spirituals as well as the fact that there was a kind of Underground Railroadvin the 1600's-slaves fled to St. Augustine for safe haven. What a wonderful addition to any classroom!!