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Hopkinson, Deborah.

Up before daybreak : cotton and people in America / Deborah Hopkinson. - First Scholastic paperback printing, October 2007 - New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, 2006 - 120 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-114) and index.

A shoeful of cotton seeds -- Up before daybreak -- Mountains of cotton -- At the clang of a bell -- From can to can't -- They called us lintheads -- Cotton pickers -- Mill workers.

Read about the importance of cotton in America's history and learn about the lives of people who picked it and worked with it.

ISBN: 0439639018 (hardcover) : 9780439639019 9780545019903

Source: Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com

LCCN: 2005008128

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cotton picking--Social aspects--History--United States--Juvenile literature.
Cotton growing--Social aspects--History--United States--Juvenile literature.
Cotton trade--Social aspects--History--United States--Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Cotton farmers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Slavery--United States--Juvenile literature.
Cotton picking.
Cotton growing.
Cotton trade.
Slaves--Biography.
Slavery.

LC Class. No.: HD8039.C662 / U645 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 331.7/63351/0973