Spy Called James (eBook)

The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent

Anne Rockwell (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2016
32 Seiten
Lerner Publishing Group (Verlag)
978-1-4677-6178-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Told for the first time in picture book form is the true story of James Lafayette-an enslaved person who spied for George Washington's army during the American Revolution. After his resounding defeat at the battle of Yorktown, British general Charles Cornwallis made a point of touring the American camp, looking for the reason behind his loss. What he didn't expect to see was James, an escaped enslaved person who had served as a guide to the British army. Or at least that's what Cornwallis was led to believe. In fact, James wasn't actually a runaway-he was a spy for the American army. But while America celebrated its newfound freedom, James returned to slavery in Virginia. His service as a spy hadn't qualified him for the release he'd been hoping for. For James the fight wasn't over; his next adversary was the Virginia General Assembly. He'd already helped his country gain its freedom, now it was time to win his own.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2016
• Illustrationen: Floyd Cooper
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
• ISBN-10: 1-4677-6178-8 / 1467761788
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4677-6178-9 / 9781467761789