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Title Breaker boys : how a photograph helped end child labor / written by Michael Burgan.
Author Burgan, Michael.
Publication Info. Mankato, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2012.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J 331.31 BUR    Check Shelves
 Southwest  J 331.31 BUR    Check Shelves
Description 64 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Series Captured history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Recounts photographer Lewis Hines' fight against child labor in the early 1900s and discusses how his work and the work of others revealed truths about the issue to the public.
Contents Coal was king -- Coal and kids -- Changing the world -- Ending child labor -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Additional notes -- Source Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
Subject Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940 -- Juvenile literature.
Child labor -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Coal mines and mining -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Child labor -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
Documentary photography -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940.
Child labor -- United States -- History.
Coal mines and mining -- Pennsylvania -- History.
Child labor -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works.
Documentary photography -- United States -- History.
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940.
Child labor -- United States -- History.
Coal mines and mining -- Pennsylvania -- History.
Child labor -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works.
ISBN 9780756544393 (library binding)
0756544394 (library binding)
9780756545109 (pbk.) : $8.95
0756545102 (pbk.)
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