Title Capital days : Michael Shiner's journal and the growth of our nation's capital / Tonya Bolden.

Publication Info.

New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2015.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department	J 975.3 BOLDEN	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department	J 975.3 BOLDEN	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department	J975.3 B63C	Check Shelf
Southington Library - Children	J Historical Non-Fiction 975.3 BOL	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Children's Nonfiction	J 975.3 BOLDEN	Check Shelf

Description	90 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm
Summary	Tells the story of Washington, D.C., through the story of an African American man, Michael Shiner, who lived there from approximately 1804 to 1880 and who kept a journal, excerpts of which are interspersed5 throughout the heavily illustrated text.
Note	Maps on lining papers.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [77]-83) and index.
Contents	"Flames of fire" and "rockets' red glare" -- Hard winters, an apple tree, and freedom on his mind -- An ax, a "snow-storm," lunch baskets, and brickbats -- A "singular mark," a "splendid day," and standing by the Stars and Stripes.
Subject	African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Enslaved persons.
	Washington (D.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Shiner, Michael, 1805-1880 -- Diaries -- Juvenile literature.
	Enslaved persons -- Maryland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Washington (D.C.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
	Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.
	Shiner, Michael, 1805-1880.
	Washington (D.C.) -- Race relations.
	African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)
	Freed persons -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Shiner, Michael, 1805-1880 -- Juvenile literature.
	Freedmen.
ISBN	9781419707339 (hardback)
	1419707337 (hardback)

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