ISBN: 9781938164002
Editorial: Vanita Books
Autor: Oelschlager, Vanita
Año de edición: 2014
N° Paginas: 44
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: About the AuthorVanita Oelschlager is a wife, mother, grandmother, philanthropist,former teacher, current caregiver, author, and poet. She is agraduate of Mt. Union College in Alliance, Ohio, where shecurrently serves as a Trustee. Vanita is also Writer In Residencefor the Literacy Program at The University of Akron.Her first book, My Grampy Can't Walk, was widely praised. It'san uplifting story about the wonderful relationship between herhusband Jim, who has multiple sclerosis, and their grandchildren. Vanita has also supported Jim as he built Oak ssociates, ltd. into a highly respected investment management firm.Children and adults under the age of 40 are forgetting about the Pullman Porter. They were very important figures in the history of American. This book will teach children and adults, who the porters were and why they were so important in our history. Porters worked in early train cars, they would look, listen and learn from their predominantly white passengers. They would read the newspapers passengers left behind, listen to conversations and begin to talk to one another. The porter learned how important education was for children and how important it was to take this message home to his children. He eventually landed at the forefront of the civil rights movement.
- Idioma: Inglés
- Envío: Desde EE. UU.
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