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Across America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murphy (1993, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

ISBN-100395633907

ISBN-139780395633908

eBay Product ID (ePID)154551

Product Key Features

Book TitleAcross America on an Emigrant Train

Number of Pages168 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicTravel, Transportation / Railroads & Trains, Biography & Autobiography / Literary

Publication Year1993

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction

AuthorJim Murphy

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight20.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width7.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN92-038650

ReviewsThe 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., "A readable and valuable contribution to literature concerning expansion into the American West." School Library Journal, Starred, "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

Dewey Edition20

Grade FromFifth Grade

Dewey Decimal828/.803 B

Grade ToSeventh Grade

SynopsisAn 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.

LC Classification NumberPR4750