Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates, Nora S. Unwin (Illustrator)
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- Age Range: 12 and up
- Pub. Date: January 1967
- 192pp
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: January 1967
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Hardcover, 192pp
- Age Range: 12 and up
- Series: Books for Young People Series
- ISBN-13: 9780525255703
- ISBN: 0525255702
Synopsis
Amos Fortune was born the son of an African king. In 1725, when he was 15 years old, he was captured by slave traders, brought to America and sold at auction. For 45 years, Amos worked as a slave and dreamed of freedom. At 60, he began to see those dreams come true. A Newbery Honor Book.
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The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty.
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Amos Fortune, Free Manby Anonymous
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April 22, 2007: Newbery Book Title: Amos Fortune, Free Man Reading Level: Sixth Grade Genre: Historical About the Author: Elizabeth Yates was born in New York State in 1905. Ms. Yates was the author of over forty children?s books. She was best known for her book Amos Fortune, Free Man, which won the Newbery Award in 1951. In 1926 Ms. Yates moved to New York City to launch her writing career. She married her husband, William McGreal and they moved to England, where she wrote her first book, High Holiday. In 1939, she and her husband returned to the United States and settled on an old farm in New Hamshire, where she continued to write books. Book Review: This is the story of the life of Amos Fortune. Mr. Fortune was born in Africa in a village of the At-mun-ski people. He was born to royalty. He was a prince, the son of a King. ?He is strong. He is beautiful. When the time comes, he will rule us well,? the people said of At-mum. He would have been a King, but his likes take a dramatic and tragic turn. At the age of fifteen, he was captured by slaves and brought to America. He arrived in Boston and was purchased as a slave. He was then given the name Amos. He was then a slave, but he dreamed of freedom. At the age of sixty, and after many years of hard work, Amos realized his dream as he had saved enough money to buy his freedom. He later went on to purchase freedom for several other people. Amos overcame his tremendous adversity to accomplish is dreams, and through his generosity, helped others as well. This was a wonderful story, very moving and inspirational. I highly recommend it for reading enjoyment. Bibliographic Information: Yates, Elizabeth. Amos Fortune, Free Man. NewYork: Puffin Books: A Division of Penguin Books, 1950.
Amos Fortune, Free Manby Anonymous
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August 26, 2006: Yates, Elizabeth. Amos Fortune: Free Man. New York: E. P Dutton & CO., INC., 1950. This novel is a true story and an intensely moving biography of a strong and gentle man. The author, Elizabeth Yates, is one of America's leading writers for young people. Her devotion to the art began during childhood summers on her father's farm south of Buffalo, New York. Her first book was published there in 1938. This novel, Amos Fortune: Free Man, offers the reader a journey of amazement and admiration of a man who over came slavery and became a celebrity of his time. Amos Fortune, formerly At-mun, bought his freedom from his owner and began his life as a tanner. Along the way he also bought the freedom of four people, the later being his wife and adopted child Violet and Celyndia. At the end of his life, Amos Fortune gave his last penny to the city for the education of others, 'The town shall us the money in any way it sees fit to educate its sons and daughters.' This novel is one that the reader will read in one sitting due to the fact that the book encompases the reader and does not allow it to be put down the final word on the last page.
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