This book is part of a book series called Great African Americans .

This book has been graded for interest at 10-13 years.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Av2 by Weigl .

Steve Goldsworthy is a screenwriter, filmmaker, and children's author. He has published 23 nonfiction books for kids. Steve has worked in the film industry on movies such as "Legends of the Fall" and TV shows including "Lonesome Dove". Steve has written, directed, and produced several film projects and has also directed for the stage. Steve lives in Calgary, Canada, with his wife, author Kaite Goldsworthy, and the two best story-editors in the world, his two boys.