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  Title

  How they got over : African Americans and the call of the sea

  Author

  Greenfield, Eloise.  

  Publisher:

  HarperCollins,

  Pub date:

  c2003.

  Pages:

  xvii, 104 p. :

  ISBN:

  0060289910

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    Type/Location	Call Number	Copies	Format
    Youth: Nonfiction	J 920.009296 GRE	1	Book

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  How they got over : African Americans and the call of the sea
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  Personal Author:

  Greenfield, Eloise.

  Title:

  How they got over : African Americans and the call of the sea / Eloise Greenfield ; illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist.

  Edition:

  1st ed.

  Publication info:

  New York : HarperCollins, c2003.

  Physical description:

  xvii, 104 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

  Summary:

  Profiles African American men and women who have had a strong connection with the sea, from slaves whose owners sent them to work on ships to today's fishermen, naval officers, and marine biologists.

  Interest agel level:

  008-011.

  Corporate subject:

  United States. Navy--Biography.

  Children's subject:

  African Americans.

  Children's subject:

  Sailors.

  Children's subject:

  Divers.

  Children's subject:

  Explorers.

  Children's subject:

  Seafaring life--Anecdotes.

  Added author:

  Gilchrist, Jan Spivey.

  key:

  ocm49030963

  ISBN:

  0060289910 : $16.99

  ISBN:

  0060289929 (lib. bdg.)