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Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town: Based on the History of the African American Pioneer Settlement
2020 Kansas Notable Book
STARRED REVIEW! "The historic town of Nicodemus, Kansas, springs to life through expressive artwork done in softly fluid lines and hues, conveying all of the hope and joy of the movement."--Foreword Review
A family leaves behind sharecropping to settle the frontier and find a new kind of freedom.
When Dede sees a notice offering land to black people in Kansas, her family decides to give up their life of sharecropping to become homesteading pioneers in the Midwest. Inspired by the true story of Nicodemus, Kansas, a town founded in the late 1870s by Exodusters--former slaves leaving the Jim Crow South in search of a new beginning--this fictional story follows Dede and her parents as they set out to stake and secure a claim, finally allowing them to have a home to call their own.
Book Details
- Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
- Publish Date: Jan 1st, 2019
- Pages: 32
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 10.10in - 8.30in - 0.70in - 0.75lb
- EAN: 9780807525357
- Recommended age: 04-08
- Categories: • African American & Black• Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)• Historical - United States - 19th Century
About the Author
A. LaFaye is probably best known for her Scott O'Dell Award winning novel Worth, but she's written many other books, including the IRA Teacher's Choice picture book Walking Home to Rosie Lee, and the critically well-received novels The Year of the Sawdust Man, Nissa's Place, The Keening, Water Steps, and Stella Stands Alone. She lives in Illinois.
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Praise for this book
2020 Kansas Notable Book
STARRED REVIEW! "The historic town of Nicodemus, Kansas, springs to life through expressive artwork done in softly fluid lines and hues, conveying all of the hope and joy of the movement."--Foreword Review
"An appealing picture book exploring a part of pioneer history that deserves to be more widely known."--Booklist