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Author Blumberg, Rhoda.

Title York's adventures with Lewis and Clark : an African-American's part in the great expedition / by Rhoda Blumberg.

Publication Info. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [2004]
©2004

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  J978 BLU    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J973.4 B    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 917.804 YORK    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 971.804 BLUMBERG    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J973.4 BLU    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J978 BLUMBERG    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J971.804 B62Y    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  J973.4 BL    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 88 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 86) and index.
Contents The early years -- Moving west -- One Black man -- Heading West -- Whippings and powwows -- The first winter -- Waiting -- Into the unknown -- The Great Falls -- Finding the Shoshonis -- An important meeting -- Onward! -- Shooting rapids -- Dampened spirits -- Homeward bound -- York's mission -- Return to St. Louis -- Forgotten man.
Summary Relates the adventures of York, a slave and "body servant" to William Clark, who journeyed west with the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.9 3.0 75941.
Subject Enslaved persons -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
Enslaved persons.
York, approximately 1775-approximately 1815 -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography.
West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Genre/Form Juvenile materials.
Subject Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) -- Juvenile literature.
York, approximately 1775-approximately 1815.
West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 0060091118
0060091126 library binding
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