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The Forbidden Schoolhouse : The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students
The Forbidden Schoolhouse The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students
Author: Suzanne Jermain
They threw rocks and rotten eggs at the school windows. Villagers refused to sell Miss Crandall groceries or let her students attend the town church. Mysteriously, her schoolhouse was set on fire—by whom and how remains a mystery. The town authorities dragged her to jail and put her on trial for breaking the law. — Her crime? Trying to teac...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780618473021
ISBN-10: 0618473025
Publication Date: 10/24/2005
Pages: 160
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Book Type: Hardcover
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A good biography - tells it like it was. Also a snippet of little known American history, pre civil war. Excellent black and white, and sepia illustrations and photos. Written for older elementary, middle school but of interest to all the older readers too.
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