Who's Jim Hines?

by Jean Alicia Elster

Book Overview

A look at issues of race in Depression-era Detroit for middle grade readers, aged 8 through 12, and up

Who's Jim Hines? is a story based on real events about Douglas Ford Jr., a twelve-year-old African American boy growing up in Detroit in the 1930s. Doug's father owns the Douglas Ford Wood Company, and Doug usually helps his dad around the scrap wood yard located in the side lot next to their house. But after Doug loses his school...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814334024
• ISBN13: 9780814334027
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7