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30 set 2008 · Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. tells the story of another great American hero, a man who did not flinch in the face of extraordinary dangers--a man whose dedication to the cause of freedom made him one the most important participants in the American Civil War. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more.
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30 set 2008 · This audacious and intricately coordinated escape, masterminded by a 24-year-old sailor named Robert Smalls, astonished the world and exploded the Confederate claim that Southern slaves did not crave freedom or have the ability to take decisive action.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s American Heroes: Robert Smalls, the Boat Thief (American Heroes (Hyperion)) : Kennedy, Jr., Robert F.: Amazon.it: Libri
17 ott 2023 · This audacious and intricately coordinated escape, masterminded by a 24-year-old sailor named Robert Smalls, astonished the world and exploded the Confederate claim that Southern slaves did not crave freedom or have the ability to take decisive action.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Books. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s American Heroes: Robert Smalls: The Boat Thief. DIANE Publishing Company, 2011 - 48 pages. In 1862, a group of slaves stole one of the Confederacy¿s most...
- Robert F. Kennedy
- DIANE Publishing Company, 2011
- 1437975798, 9781437975796
Robert Smalls: The Boat Thief (American Heroes) Hardcover – 30 Sept. 2008. On a moonlit night in the spring of 1862, six slaves stole one of the Confederacy's most crucial gunships from its wharf in the South Carolina port of Charleston, and delivered it to the Federal Navy.
Examines the life and military career of Robert Smalls, a Southern slave who coordinated the theft of a Confederate gunship, went on to be promoted to the rank of captain in the Federal Navy, and appealed to President Lincoln to enlist five thousand former slaves into the Union army, breaking the U.S. Armed Forces color barrier. 75,000 first pri...
