Maritcha : A Nineteenth-Century American Girl
by
Tonya Bolden
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1419716263
ISBN-13
9781419716263
Publisher
Abrams
Imprint
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 17th, 2015
Print length
56 Pages
Weight
318 grams
Dimensions
25.50 x 25.50 x 0.70 cms
Product Classification:
History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage)
Ksh 1,250.00
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This Coretta Scott King Honor Book provides a much-needed window into a little-documented time in black history. The poignant story, based on the memoir of Maritcha Remond Lyons, shows what it was like to be a black child born free and living in New York City in the mid-1800s.
Discover the remarkable story of a free Black girl born during the days of slavery in Tonya Bolden’s Coretta Scott King Honor Award–winning picture book, Maritcha.
“To do the best for myself with the view of making the best of myself,” wrote Maritcha Rémond Lyons (1848–1929) about her childhood.
Based on an unpublished memoir written by Lyons, who was born and raised in New York City, this poignant story tells what it was like to be a Black child born free during the days of slavery. Everyday experiences are interspersed with notable moments, such as a visit to the first world’s fair held in the United States. Also included are the Draft Riots of 1863, during which Maritcha and her siblings fled to Brooklyn while her parents stayed behind to protect their Manhattan home. The book concludes with her fight to attend a whites-only high school in Providence, Rhode Island, and her victory of being the first Black graduate.
The evocative text, photographs, and archival material make this book an invaluable cultural and historical resource. Maritcha brings to life the story of a very ordinary—yet remarkable—girl of 19th-century America.
“To do the best for myself with the view of making the best of myself,” wrote Maritcha Rémond Lyons (1848–1929) about her childhood.
Based on an unpublished memoir written by Lyons, who was born and raised in New York City, this poignant story tells what it was like to be a Black child born free during the days of slavery. Everyday experiences are interspersed with notable moments, such as a visit to the first world’s fair held in the United States. Also included are the Draft Riots of 1863, during which Maritcha and her siblings fled to Brooklyn while her parents stayed behind to protect their Manhattan home. The book concludes with her fight to attend a whites-only high school in Providence, Rhode Island, and her victory of being the first Black graduate.
The evocative text, photographs, and archival material make this book an invaluable cultural and historical resource. Maritcha brings to life the story of a very ordinary—yet remarkable—girl of 19th-century America.
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