Dorothy Sterling (1913–2008)
Auteur de Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman
A propos de l'auteur
Author Dorothy Sterling was born on November 23, 1913 in Manhattan. She received a bachelor's degree from Barnard College in 1934. In the 1940's, she worked as a researcher for Life magazine, but left in frustration at a system under which women researchers gave material to men, who wrote the afficher plus articles. Her first book, Sophie and Her Puppies, was published in 1951. She wrote more than 35 books for both children and adults throughout her lifetime including Freedom Train (1954), Captain of the Planter: The Story of Robert Smalls (1958), Black Foremothers: Three Lives (1979) and Close to My Heart (2005). She won numerous awards for her work including the 1976 Carter G. Woodson Book Award for The Trouble They Seen: Black People Tell the Story of Reconstruction. She died on December 1, 2008 at the age of 95. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Dorothy Sterling
The Outer Lands: A Natural History Guide to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Block Island, and Long Island (1967) 64 exemplaires
Lift Every Voice: The Lives of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Mary Church Terrell and James Weldon Johnson (1965) 22 exemplaires
Speak out in thunder tones : letters and other writings by Black northerners, 1787-1865 (1973) 21 exemplaires
Turning the World Upside Down: The Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women Held in New York City, May 9-12, 1837 (1987) 15 exemplaires
Our Cape Cod Salt Marshes 3 exemplaires
Four Score and More By Dorothy Sterling 1 exemplaire
The Brownie Scout Mystery 1 exemplaire
The Story of Mosses, Ferns and Mushrooms 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Best of Both Worlds: An Anthology of Stories for All Ages (1968) — Contributeur — 25 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Sterling, Dorothy
- Nom légal
- Sterling, Dorothy Dannenberg
- Date de naissance
- 1913-11-23
- Date de décès
- 2008-12-01
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA (birth)
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Wellfleet, Massachusetts, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
Wellfleet, Massachusetts, USA - Études
- Dalton School
Wellesley College
Barnard College (BA|1934) - Professions
- journalist
biographer - Relations
- Sterling, Philip (husband)
Fausto-Sterling, Anne (daughter) - Organisations
- Federal Writers' Project
Life Magazine
NAACP
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Critiques
Captain of the Planter: The Story of Robert Smalls par Dorothy Sterling
Has a story-telling rather than historical fact approach I alternately find fun and annoying. Decent background, though - and an excellent bibliography. I love when authors show their sources.
What a pack of trouble those missing spoons have caused! They must be found.
Who in this pleasant little town would steal old silver spoons from a display at the public library? Trying to find the answer, the Hill Gang fins themselves wearing disguises, trailing Suspect No. 1 and digging up the clues that lead to the surprising ending.
Who in this pleasant little town would steal old silver spoons from a display at the public library? Trying to find the answer, the Hill Gang fins themselves wearing disguises, trailing Suspect No. 1 and digging up the clues that lead to the surprising ending.
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LynneQuan | Sep 23, 2017 |
LynneQuan | Sep 23, 2017 | 
Born into slavery, young Harriet Tubman knew only hard work and hunger. Escape seemed impossible - certainly dangerous. Yet Harriet was strong-willed and courageous.
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- Membres
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- #7,438
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 10
- ISBN
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