How they got over : African Americans and the call of the sea

Title
: 
How they got over : African Americans and the call of the sea

Author
: 
Greenfield, Eloise.

ISBN
: 
9780060289911
 
9780060289928

Edition
: 
1st ed.

Publication Information
: 
New York : HarperCollins, c2003.

Physical Description
: 
xvii, 104 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents
: 
Profiles: Paul Cuffe (1759-1817) -- James Forten (1766-1842) -- Robert Smalls (1839-1915) -- Matthew Henson (1866-1955) -- Shirley Lee (1935- ) -- Evelyn J. Fields (1949- ) -- Michelle Janine Howard (1960- ) -- Snapshots: Langston Hughes (1902-1967) -- Alex Haley (1921-1992) -- Samuel L. Gravely Jr. (1922- ) -- Carl M. Brashear (1931- ) -- Albert José Jones (birthdate unavailable) -- William Pinkney (1938- ).

Corporate Subject
: 
United States. Navy -- Biography.

Subject Term
: 
African Americans -- Biography.
 
Sailors -- United States -- Biography.
 
Divers -- United States -- Biography.
 
Explorers -- United States -- Biography.
 
Seafaring life -- United States
 
African Americans.
 
Sailors.
 
Divers.
 
Explorers.
 
Seafaring life

Added Author
: 
Gilchrist, Jan Spivey

Summary
: 
Profiles African American men and women who have had a strong connection with the sea, from slaves whose owners sent them to work on ships to today's fishermen, naval officers, and marine biologists.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)J 920 GRENonfiction Collection