Remember Me: Tomah Joseph's Gift to Franklin Roosevelt - Paperback

by Donald Soctomah (Author), Jean Flahive (Author), Mary Beth Owens (Illustrator)

There he met Tomah Joseph, a Passamaquoddy elder and former chief who made his living as a guide, birchbark canoe builder, and basket maker. The beautifully decorated birchbark canoe that Tomah Joseph made for Franklin remains at Campobello, a tangible reminder of this special friendship.

• Builds appreciation for history and Native American culture
• Includes additional biographical material about Tomah Joseph and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Fountas & Pinnell Level T
  

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who would grow up to be the 32nd president of the United States, joyfully spent his boyhood summers on Campobello Island. There he met Tomah Joseph, a Passamaquoddy elder and former chief who made his living as a guide, birchbark canoe builder, and basket maker. The beautifully decorated birchbark canoe that Tomah Joseph made for Franklin remains at Campobello, a tangible reminder of this special friendship.