Thurgood Marshall
Young Justice
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
9 September 1999
Summary
The childhood of civil rights hero and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall comes to life in this engaging biography. Whenever Thurgood Marshall got into trouble at school, the principal would make him sit in the basement and read the US Constitution. By the time he was twelve, he had most of it memorized, and his interest in law had begun to take seed. In 1967, he was appointed to the US Supreme Court–the first African American to serve in that position. This book is laced with numerous i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780689820427 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0689820429 |
| Author: | Montrew Dunham, Meryl Henderson |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 9 September 1999 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 140mm |
| Series: | Childhood of Famous Americans (Paperback) |
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About The Author
Montrew Dunham
Montrew Dunham is the author of a number of historical biographies for young readers in the popular Childhood of Famous Americans series. When she isn’t writing, she loves spending time with her family, children, and grandchildren in Illinois and Texas.
Meryl Henderson is a graduate of Syracuse University, where she graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of fine arts degree in 1974. For over forty years, she has worked as a freelance illustrator, specializing in artwork for children. She has illustrated more than a hundred books and has contributed illustrations to countless magazines and educational books. She currently lives in Catskill, New York.
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