Robert Smalls by Janet Hoffman.

Just a really quick post to say I have just come across what looks like a really interesting book about Robert Smalls entitled: “The Story of Civil War Hero Robert Smalls” by Janet Hoffman and illustrated by Duane Smith.

The book’s cover.

Read more about it and how it came to be, including some of the extensive research Hoffman did here.


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