AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to millions of articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Hemphill, Helen. The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
HEMPHILL, Helen. The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones. 228p. CIP. Front St. 2008. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-1-59078-637-6. LC 2008005422.
Gr 5-8--Prometheus Jones, born to a Tennessee slave on the same day Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, has always had good luck, and, at age 13, he wins a horse in a raffle. Before she died, "Mama always told I was the luckiest child on earth. Might ride that horse clear to Texas and never look back." Indeed, Prometheus uses his newly acquired transportation to flee the racist rednecks who accuse him of stealing the raffle ticket. Because of his exceptional skill with horses, he and his sidekick cousin are invited to join a …
