It isn’t until her father leaves the house for a meeting about the potential move that it hits Hattie. Singleton sure has been working hard to convince her family to make the move to Nicodemus, a small town being established and in need of a blacksmith. Tales of towns with nothing but black faces tempt her parents and Mr. She knows, of course, that recently, black folks have been joining together to make the journey to Kansas. Not only a stand-out student, she also earns money for her family by mending for Miss Bradford. Her mother happily runs the household and Hattie contributes, too. Her father works just as hard today, but for it is himself and his family and in his very own black-smith shop. Although each of Hattie’s parents had been born into slavery, both obtained an education immediately following the Civil War. The spring of 1879 tried to bring a fresh start to a new world in Nashville, Tennessee. A far-reaching fantasy, some would say, but she knows she can find a way. Will what is waiting for them in Kansas live up to their dreams? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.Journey to a Promised Land (I Am America) So the Jacobs family joins the Great Exodus of 1879 to Kansas. But her parents were formerly enslaved and are struggling to survive in Nashville after Reconstruction. Hardcover Reinforced Library Binding Hattie Jacobs dreams of becoming a teacher. Today she lives in upstate New York and shares a 110-year-old house with her husband, her daughter, three dogs, two cats, and more history books than she can count. AGES: 8 to 12 AUTHOR: Allison Lassieur once lived in Tennessee and traveled the path Hattie and her family might have followed from Nashville to the banks of the Mississippi River near Memphis. But what happens when some stories are silenced? The I Am America series features fictional stories based on important historical events from people whose voices have been underrepresented, lost, or forgotten over time. Will they make it to the Mississippi River unharmed? What will be waiting for them in Kansas, and will it live up to their dreams? It's the storytellers who preserve a nation's history. When the Jacobs family joins the Great Exodus of 1879 to Kansas, their journey in search of a better life is filled with danger and hardship. But her parents were formerly enslaved and are struggling to survive in Nashville, Tennessee, after Reconstruction. Will what is waiting for them in Kansas live up to their dreams? Hattie Jacobs has a secret dream: to go to school to become a teacher. Hattie Jacobs dreams of becoming a teacher.
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