Those Building Men
2001
First Published
3.39
Average Rating
32
Number of Pages
The author of Heaven recalls the unheralded men—mostly new immigrants—whose labors served to build the canals, roads, railroads, bridges, and towering buildings of the United States.
Avg Rating
3.39
Number of Ratings
57
5 STARS
18%
4 STARS
23%
3 STARS
44%
2 STARS
12%
1 STARS
4%
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Author
Angela Johnson
Author · 42 books
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Angela Johnson is the author of the Coretta Scott King Honor picture book When I Am Old with You; as well as A Sweet Smell of Roses, illustrated by Eric Velasquez; Just Like Josh Gibson, illustrated by Beth Peck; and I Dream of Trains, which was also illustrated by Loren Long. She has won three Coretta Scott King Awards, one each for her novels Heaven, Toning the Sweep, and The First Part Last. In recognition of her outstanding talent, Angela was named a 2003 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Kent, Ohio.
