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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Krebs, Laurie.     Subjects     Forten, James, 1766-1842 -- Juvenile literature.     African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Sailmakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Free African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     African American abolitionists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Abolitionists -- Juvenile literature.     Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Krebs, Laurie.       by title:      A day in the life of...         MARC Display

A day in the life of a colonial sailmaker / Laurie Krebs. by Krebs, Laurie. New York, N.Y. : PowerKids Press/Rosen Pub. Group, 2004. Subjects Forten, James, 1766-1842 -- Juvenile literature.   African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Sailmakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Free African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   African American abolitionists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Abolitionists -- Juvenile literature.   Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  0823962318 (library binding) Series:  Library of living and working in colonial times Description:  24 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  James Forten, sailmaker -- The sail loft -- Growing up in Philadelphia -- The war years -- A game of marbles -- From apprentice to owner -- Just for good measure -- Rows and rows of stitches -- Eyelets, cringles and roping -- James Forten, citizen and abolitionist. Requests:  0 Summary:  Describes a typical day in the life of James Forten, who was born in Philadelphia to free black parents, learned to be a sailmaker, and later became a wealthy, respected businessman with his own shop.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii Kai Public Library J -- Juvenile Nonfiction 623.862 Kr Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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