Hammering for Freedom: The William Lewis Story (New Voices) Sarah Moon and in her panic

and in her panic

blank pages into pictures--a story into a picture book

a four-time Caldecott Honor recipient and a nine-time Coretta Scott King Award winner or honoree

and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency

Hammering for Freedom: The William Lewis Story (New Voices) Sarah Moon and in her panicThe inspirational story of William "Bill" Lewis, a hardworking blacksmith who slowly saved his money and bought the freedom of each and every member of his enslaved family. Born into slavery in Chattanooga, Tennessee, William "Bill" Lewis learned the blacksmith trade as soon as he was old enough to grip a hammer. He proved to be an exceptional blacksmith and earned so much money fixing old tools and creating new ones that he was allowed to keep a