The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch
by Chris Barton, Illustrated by Don Tate
Publication Date: Apr 01, 2015
List Price: $17.00
Format: Hardcover, 50 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Early Reader
ISBN13: 9780802853790
Imprint: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Parent Company: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Description of The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Chris Barton
John Roy Lynch spent most of his childhood as a slave in Mississippi, but all of that changed with the Emancipation Proclamation. Suddenly people like John Roy could have paying jobs and attend school. While many people in the South were unhappy with the social change, John Roy thrived in the new era. He was appointed to serve as justice of the peace and was eventually elected into the United States Congress. This biography, with its informative backmatter and splendid illustrations, gives readers an in-depth look at the Reconstruction period through the life of one of the first African-American congressmen.
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