Capital days : Michael Shiner's journal and the growth of our nation's capital by Bolden, Tonya 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2015)

BTSB #: 130482 Available

Dewey: 975.3/BAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 1140

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Subjects: Shiner, Michael,|d1805-1880 African Americans Freedmen Slaves Washington (D.C.)

Summary: Tells the story of Washington, D.C., through the story of an African American man, Michael Shiner, who lived there from approximately 1805 to 1880 and who kept a journal, excerpts of which are interspersed throughout the heavily illustrated text.