cotton and people in America Hopkinson, Deborah. creator text bibliography biography nyu New York Scholastic Nonfiction 2006 First Scholastic paperback printing, October 2007 monographic eng

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120 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Read about the importance of cotton in America's history and learn about the lives of people who picked it and worked with it. 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. juvenile Deborah Hopkinson. Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-114) and index. n-us--- Cotton picking Social aspects United States History Juvenile literature Cotton growing Social aspects United States History Juvenile literature Cotton trade Social aspects United States History 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 HD8039.C662 U645 2006 331.7/63351/0973 0439639018 (hardcover) : 9780439639019 9780545019903 2005008128 Junior Library Guild DLC 050322 20240219141936.0 3196 eng