Slaveboy, The Fiddling for Freedom Series, Book 1

Kids, Fiction, Historical, Action/Adventure, Teen
Cover of the book Slaveboy, The Fiddling for Freedom Series, Book 1 by Michael Wenberg, Michael Wenberg
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Author: Michael Wenberg ISBN: 9781476403373
Publisher: Michael Wenberg Publication: March 24, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Michael Wenberg
ISBN: 9781476403373
Publisher: Michael Wenberg
Publication: March 24, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

The Fiddling for Freedom series was inspired by the life of African-American slave and pioneer, Louis Southworth, who traveled the Oregon Trail with his mother and master in the early 1850s and then went on to earn enough money to buy his freedom by playing fiddle in the gold camps in California and Nevada. This series for middle-grade readers presents Louis's adventures in three books. The first, "Slaveboy," covers the circumstances that lead Louis, his mother and master to begin the journey west, and takes them from the master's Missouri farm, to a steamboat on the Missouri river, and then to St. Joseph. The second book (available in the fall of 2012) picks up the story at the beginning of the Oregon Trail, and follows the group's wagon train west. Along the way, Louis will learn how to play fiddle, make some unexpected friends, and have some narrow escapes from danger. The third book (available spring of 2013)brings the story full circle and follows Louis to the wild gold camps in Northern California where he earns his freedom not by panning for gold, by entertaining the prospectors with his music-making.

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The Fiddling for Freedom series was inspired by the life of African-American slave and pioneer, Louis Southworth, who traveled the Oregon Trail with his mother and master in the early 1850s and then went on to earn enough money to buy his freedom by playing fiddle in the gold camps in California and Nevada. This series for middle-grade readers presents Louis's adventures in three books. The first, "Slaveboy," covers the circumstances that lead Louis, his mother and master to begin the journey west, and takes them from the master's Missouri farm, to a steamboat on the Missouri river, and then to St. Joseph. The second book (available in the fall of 2012) picks up the story at the beginning of the Oregon Trail, and follows the group's wagon train west. Along the way, Louis will learn how to play fiddle, make some unexpected friends, and have some narrow escapes from danger. The third book (available spring of 2013)brings the story full circle and follows Louis to the wild gold camps in Northern California where he earns his freedom not by panning for gold, by entertaining the prospectors with his music-making.

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