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However, the book is broken into six main sections that follow the events of a specific character for a short period of time. Beginning with the capture and enslavement of young muhammad bilal in 1753, the glory field journeys from the shores. Harry han, tristan lucas, grace fujima, emanuel goffe, mackenzie stapinski, sophia ulwlling, and chima osuigwe. This novel lends itself to being used both in the social studies and the language arts classroom. Civil war and reconstruction the glory field by walter dean myers preamerican revolution war comes to willy freeman by james and christopher collier underground railroad, slavery, and precivil war politics research paper civil war and reconstruction the glory field by walter dean myers the glory field novel exam study guide. Walter dean myers is the 2012 20 national ambassador for young peoples literature.
After the civil war, the family is given a parcel of land very close to the plantation where they are once owned by a white man. Enjoy ebooks and audiobooks on your smartphone or tablet. The glory field by walter dean myers and ezra knight audiobook. Study 24 terms the glory field characters flashcards.
An ambitious novel tracing the history of an africanamerican family from its first. Those shackles didnt rob us of being black, son, they robbed us of being hum. Follows a familys two hundred fortyone year history, from the capture of an african boy in the 1750s through the lives of his descendants, as their dreams and circumstances lead them away from and back to the small plot of land in south carolina that they call the glory field. Publication date 1999 topics african americans juvenile fiction, african americans fiction. God has been outlawed, and the priests have been systematically hunted down and killed. After trial, get 1 audiobook and 2 audible originals each month. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
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