Description
Author: Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator: Nora S. Unwin
Publisher: Dutton Children’s Books
Place of Publication: New York
Copyright Date: 1950
Format: Hardcover, cloth binding with gilt lettering
Edition: Later Dutton printing
- Awarded: 1951 Newbery Medal.
Description:
Amos Fortune, Free Man is Elizabeth Yates’s classic biographical novel based on the true life of an enslaved African man who purchases his freedom and becomes a respected tanner and landowner in eighteenth-century New England. Winner of the Newbery Medal, the book occupies an important place in American children’s literature, African American history, and educational reading lists. This Dutton cloth hardcover is a well-preserved example of the period’s library-quality production, with strong materials and restrained design,
Condition:
Near Fine. Clean, tight cloth binding with bright gilt lettering. Interior pages are unmarked and well preserved, with light age toning only. No dust jacket present. Housed in an archival protective sleeve.
Notes:
An uncommon copy in this level of condition. Suitable for collectors of Newbery Medal titles, classic children’s literature, and African American history.
