virginia

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virginia

Flight and rebellion

slave resistance in eighteenth-century Virginia
1972

Shuckin' and jivin'

folklore from contemporary Black Americans
1978

The Wilderness Road

from the Shenandoah Valley to the Ohio River
2003
Introduces the two hundred mile Wilderness Road that began in Virginia and ended in Kentucky.

La historia de Pocahontas

2006
Simple text and illustrations describe the story of Pocahontas and how she helped maintain peace between the English colonists at Jamestown and the Native Americans.

Deep down popular

2008
In a small, Virginia town, sixth-grader Jessie Lou Ferguson has a crush on the hugely popular Conrad Parker Smith, and when he suddenly develops a medical problem and the teacher asks Jessie Lou to help him, they become friends, to her surprise.

Two mighty rivers

son of Pocahontas
1996
Follows the life of the son of John Rolfe and Pocohontas, from his youth in Scotland and England through his return to Virginia to his reunion with his Algonquin relatives.

American slavery, American freedom

the ordeal of colonial Virginia
1975

"Myne owne ground"

race and freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1640-1676
2004

The story of Pocahontas

2001
Examines the life of the Indian princess Pocahontas and her contact with English settlers, especially John Smith.

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