Bridget "Biddy" Mason: From Slave to Businesswoman (Signature Lives: American Frontier Era)

From BooklistGr. 4-6. A slave who successfully sued for her freedom and the first African American woman to own property in Los Angeles, Biddy Mason makes a good fit in the Signature Lives: American Frontier Era series. Williams compensates for the paucity of historical information about her subject by tracing the rise of Mormonism and the westward migrations of Mason's Mormon owners, along with their later lives. The color illustrations, which include photos, drawings, and occasional handbills and newspaper clippings, are archival, except for modern maps, and readers seeking more information will find references to both primary- and secondary-source material, as well as Web resources, at the end. Titles on Zebulon Pike and Sam Houston are also available. John PetersCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reservedProduct DescriptionA biography profiling the life of Bridget "Biddy" Mason, a former slave who won her freedom in California, and later worked as a nurse and helped others. Includes source notes and timeline.ReviewEveryone knows Pike's Peak, but just who was Zebulon Pike An ambitious, honorable young Army officer, Pike was eager to make a name for himself. In 1806, he was tapped to lead an expedition to explore the western mountains, a trip that included a bit of --VOYAThis impressive series, written for students in grades five through seven, describes the lives of notable people on the American Frontier (both physical frontier and the frontier of innovation in their fields), from the 1700s through the late twentieth ce --MultiCultural ReviewA slave who successfully sued for her freedom and the first African American woman to own property in Los Angeles, Biddy Mason makes a good fit in the Signature Lives: American Frontier Era series. Williams compensates for the paucity of historical inform --BooklistAbout the AuthorJean K. Williams is a Capstone Press author.
Author: Williams, Jean Kinney

Publisher: Compass Point Books

Binding: library

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0756510015

ISBN-13: 9780756510015