Name/Title
George W. Bush, Early Black PioneerEntry/Object ID
2000-032-0006.1-.2Description
2000-032-0006.1 is the book. "This is the story of George Washington Bush, pioneer Negro, who came to Washington in 1844. The wagon party he travelled with founded the settlement of Tumwater in 1845. One of Bush's sons served two terms in the Washington Legislature. This story was written by Iris Heikell, Woodburn, Oregon, whose ancestors, Joseph Parrott and David Kindred, were in he same wagon train. Mrs. Heikell, a former school teacher, has spent several years researching her book. An adaptation was first published in twelve issues of "The Bulletin", Molalla, Oregon, beginning August 13, 1975.
Some of the pages have handwriting in pencil, some saying to turn to another page and some with vulgar messages.
2000-032-0006.2 is a pink message slip. It was placed in the spine crease between the title page and the table of contents page. On the back is a list of names with many of them crossed out. On the front is a message for Robison dated 6-9-76 at 8:09 am letting them know that the "typing will be done at 12:00 today."
The book is paper bound with white covers and a black strip of paper as its spine. The front cover has the title and author's name with a pen drawn depiction of a man's head. The spine and back cover do not have decoration, though the back cover has "buck" written in pencil on it.Lexicon
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American, Education, Historic Sites, TownsBook Details
Author
Iris White HeikellPlace Published
City
SeattleCounty
KingState/Province
WashingtonCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1976Publication Language
EnglishNotes
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Region
Pacific NorthwestContinent
North America
