Horace King (1807-1885) built covered bridges over every large river in Georgia, Alabama, and eastern Mississippi. That King, who began life as a slave in Chera
A biography of a man born into slavery in South Carolina who became a master bridge builder and, during Reconstruction, served in the Alabama state legislature.
This teen and young reader book is a richly illustrated biography about Horace King. Although he was born a salve, he became known as Horace "The Bridge Builder
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018 “An important contribution to our understanding of how ordinary people found the strength to fight for equality for scho
A biography of a man born into slavery in South Carolina who became a master bridge builder and, during Reconstruction, served in the Alabama state legislature.