Alec's primer / by Mildred Pitts Walter ; illustrated by Larry Johnson.

A young slave's journey to freedom begins when a plantation owner's granddaughter teaches him how to read. Based on the childhood of Alec Turner (1845-1923) who escaped from slavery by joining the Union Army during the Civil War and later became a landowner in Vermont.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Walter, Mildred Pitts
Other Authors:	Johnson, Larry, 1949-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Middlebury, Vt. : Lebanon, N.H. : Vermont Folklife Center ; Distributed by University Press of New England, ©2004.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Vermont Folklife Center children's book series.
Subjects:	Slavery > Juvenile fiction. African Americans > Juvenile fiction. Reading > Juvenile fiction. Juvenile works.