The Story of Civil War Hero Robert Smalls

by Janet Halfmann

Book Overview

Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education

This exciting entry in the "Story of" line of chapter-book biographies introduces readers to Robert Smalls, an enslaved steamboat wheelman who commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War and escaped with his family and crew to freedom.

Growing up enslaved in South Carolina, Robert Smalls always dreamed of the moment freedom would be within his grasp...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643790161
• ISBN13: 9781643790169
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Lee & Low Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.6" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6