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Across America On An Emigrant Train
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Across America On An Emigrant Train
Author(s): Jim Murphy
Review(s):
"The 19th century’s transcontinental railroads, explored via a delightfully effective narrative device: tracing the 1879 journey of Robert Louis Stevenson, who, at 29, was making an as-swift-as-possible journey from Edinburgh to Monterey, California. . . . A fascinating, imaginatively structured account that brings the experience vividly to life in all its detail: history at its best. Generously illustrated with period photos and prints; endpaper map; extensive bibliography, mostly of sources; index."
Kirkus Reviews with Pointers
"A readable and valuable contribution to literature concerning expansion into the American West." School Library Journal, Starred
Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award (Vermont), Orbis Pictus Award (NCTE), ALA Notable Children’s Book, Horn Book Fanfare, School Library Journal Best Book, Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts (NCTE)
ISBN: 9780395764831
Author(s): Jim Murphy
An account of Robert Louis Stevenson's twelve day journey from New York to California in 1879, interwoven with a history of the building of the transcontinental railroad and the settling of the West.
Review(s):
"The 19th century’s transcontinental railroads, explored via a delightfully effective narrative device: tracing the 1879 journey of Robert Louis Stevenson, who, at 29, was making an as-swift-as-possible journey from Edinburgh to Monterey, California. . . . A fascinating, imaginatively structured account that brings the experience vividly to life in all its detail: history at its best. Generously illustrated with period photos and prints; endpaper map; extensive bibliography, mostly of sources; index."
Kirkus Reviews with Pointers
"A readable and valuable contribution to literature concerning expansion into the American West." School Library Journal, Starred
Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award (Vermont), Orbis Pictus Award (NCTE), ALA Notable Children’s Book, Horn Book Fanfare, School Library Journal Best Book, Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts (NCTE)
ISBN: 9780395764831