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Who's Jim Hines?

Call Number

  • J ELST (CEN)

Publication Information

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2008.

Physical Description

xii, 134 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Summary

In 1935 Detroit, a twelve-year-old African American boy learns about the realities of racial injustice while working for his father's wood company during the Great Depression.

Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • 1: Wood-burning stoves
  • 2: Frostbite
  • 3: Dancing the Polka
  • 4: Lost schoolbooks
  • 5: Delivering wood
  • 6: Donkey saw
  • 7: Wood and toys
  • 8: Ice cream machine
  • 9: Drum and bugle corps
  • 10: Chicken in the truck
  • 11: Riding to the factory
  • 12: Good service at a fair price
  • Epilogue
  • About the author.

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