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The end of the world and beyond : continues The unexpected life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts: being an absolutely accurate autobiographical account of my follies, fortune & fate written by himself / Avi.
After his thievery conviction in 1724, Oliver Cromwell Pitts is sent from England across the Atlantic to America where he is enslaved on a tobacco farm, never giving up on finding his sister, Charity, brought to the colonies on a different ship.
Record details
- ISBN: 1616205652
- ISBN: 9781616205652
- Physical Description: 328 pages
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, 2019.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Companion to: The unexpected life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 24.95 |
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| Subject: | Prisoners > Juvenile fiction. Indentured servants > Juvenile fiction. Slavery > Juvenile fiction. United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Adventure fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
After his thievery conviction in 1724, Oliver Cromwell Pitts is sent from England across the Atlantic to America where he is enslaved on a tobacco farm, never giving up on finding his sister, Charity, brought to the colonies on a different ship. - Baker & Taylor
In the sequel to The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts, by the Newbery Medal-winning author of Crispin, Oliverâs adventures take him to 18th-century colonial America, where he is forced to fend for himself in the harsh wilderness, live as an indentured servant and come face to face with the brutality of enslavement. Simultaneous eBook - Grand Central PubIn this sequel The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts by Newbery Medalist Avi, Oliverâs adventures take him to the 18th century American colonies, where he is forced to fend for himself in the harsh wilderness, live as an indentured servant, and come face to face with the brutality of enslavement.
- Grand Central PubConvicted of thievery and transported from England to America, Oliver Cromwell Pitts, shackled to his fellow prisoners, endures inedible food, filthy conditions, and deadly storms on his voyage across the Atlantic. But the hazardous shipboard journey is nothing compared to the peril that waits for him on the colonial shores.
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In Annapolis, Oliverâs indentured servitude is purchased by the foul, miserly Fitzhugh, who may have murdered another servant. On Fitzhughâs isolated tobacco farm, Oliverâs only companion is an enslaved boy named Bara. Oliver and Bara become fast friends with one powerful goal: to escape Fitzhugh. Oliver hopes he can find his sister, Charity, brought somewhere in the colonies on a different ship. Bara dreams of reaching a community of free black people in the cypress swamp who may help him gain his liberty. Â But first the boys must flee Fitzhughâs plantation and outrun their brutal pursuer and the dangers that lurk in the swamp. - Workman Press.In this sequel The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts by Newbery Medalist Avi, Oliver's adventures take him to the 18th century American colonies, where he is forced to fend for himself in the harsh wilderness, live as an indentured servant, and come face to face with the brutality of enslavement.
- Workman Press.Convicted of thievery and transported from England to America, Oliver Cromwell Pitts, shackled to his fellow prisoners, endures inedible food, filthy conditions, and deadly storms on his voyage across the Atlantic. But the hazardous shipboard journey is nothing compared to the peril that waits for him on the colonial shores.
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In Annapolis, Oliver's indentured servitude is purchased by the foul, miserly Fitzhugh, who may have murdered another servant. On Fitzhugh's isolated tobacco farm, Oliver's only companion is an enslaved boy named Bara. Oliver and Bara become fast friends with one powerful goal: to escape Fitzhugh. Oliver hopes he can find his sister, Charity, brought somewhere in the colonies on a different ship. Bara dreams of reaching a community of free black people in the cypress swamp who may help him gain his liberty. Â But first the boys must flee Fitzhugh's plantation and outrun their brutal pursuer and the dangers that lurk in the swamp.
