Up Before Daybreak: Cotton and People in America by Deborah Hopkinson
	List Price:   $18.99 Unit Price:   $15.19 You Save:   $3.80 (20%) ISBN-10:   0439639018 ISBN-13:   9780439639019 Publisher:   Scholastic Inc; Scholastic Nonfiction Edition:   illustrated Category:   Agriculture Pub. Date:   April 2006 Pages:   120 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   9 to 12 Grades:   4 to 7
Subjects
COTTON GROWING COTTON TRADE LABOR AND LABORING CLASSES_UNITED STATES SLAVES_UNITED STATES TEXTILE WORKERS
Description/Notes
In UP BEFORE DAYBREAK, acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson captures the voices of the forgotten men, women, and children who worked in the cotton industry in America over the centuries. The voices of the slaves who toiled in the fields in the South, the poor sharecroppers who barely got by, and the girls who gave their lives to the New England mills spring to life through oral histories, archival photos, and Hopkinson's engaging narrative prose style. These stories are amazing and often heartbreaking, and they are imbedded deep in our nation's history. Read about the importance of cotton in America's history and learn about the lives of people who picked it and worked with it. In this stunning nonfiction volume, an award-winning author weaves together the stories of slaves, sharecroppers, and mill workers, illuminating the history of cotton in America. Illustrated with period photos.