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Author	Hopkinson, Deborah.
Title	Up before daybreak : cotton and people in America / Deborah Hopkinson.
Publication Info.	New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, c2006.

Location	Call No.	Status
Children's Non-Fiction	Juv. 331.7 H	IN LIBRARY

Description	120 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-114) and index.
Summary	Read about the importance of cotton in America's history and learn about the lives of people who picked it and worked with it.
Contents	A shoeful of cotton seeds -- Up before daybreak -- Mountains of cotton -- At the clang of a bell -- From can to can't -- They called us lintheads -- Cotton pickers -- Mill workers.
Subject	Cotton picking -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Cotton growing -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Cotton trade -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Cotton farmers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Sharecroppers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Textile workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Working class -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Slavery -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Added Title	Cotton and people in America
ISBN	0439639018 (hardcover) :
Standard No.	9780439639019

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