02170cam a2200361 4500 761405170 TxAuBib 20230213120000.0 ||||||s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780316280181 0316280186 9780316230919 031623091X B009RCF4GW Amazon de545fcb-b1c0-4ac3-8c79-5228bafa039b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1091284 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Asim, Jabari, 1962- Fifty Cents and a Dream [Libby eBook] : Young Booker T. Washington. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2012. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p>Booker dreamed<br /> of making friends with words,<br /> setting free the secrets<br /> that lived in books.<br /> <br /> Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot, to Hampton Institute, taking his first of many steps towards a college degree. When he arrived, he had just fifty cents in his pocket and a dream about to come true. The young slave who once waited outside of the schoolhouse would one day become a legendary educator of freedmen.<br /> <br /> Award-winning artist Bryan Collier captures the hardship and the spirit of one of the most inspiring figures in American history, bringing to life Booker T. Washington's journey to learn, to read, and to realize a dream.</p>. African American Nonfiction. Biography & Autobiography. Juvenile Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-13 10:07:10. Collier, Bryan. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=de545fcb-b1c0-4ac3-8c79-5228bafa039b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=de545fcb-b1c0-4ac3-8c79-5228bafa039b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) RV8