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The Forty-Acre Swindle: George Washington Carver (Trailblazer, Bk 31)
The FortyAcre Swindle George Washington Carver - Trailblazer, Bk 31
Author: Dave Jackson, Neta Jackson
To fourteen-year-old Jesse Turner, being "free" in Alabama in 1898 doesn't seem much better than slavery. The Turners' forty-acre farm given to them by the government following the Civil War is exhausted from growing cotton, they face overwhelming debt, and trouble from prejudiced neighbors makes life difficult and frightening....  more »
ISBN-13: 9780764222641
ISBN-10: 0764222643
Publication Date: 3/1/2000
Pages: 144
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
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