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Across America on an Emigrant Train
By Murphy, Jim
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39563-390-8
- Publisher
- New York : Clarion Books, c1993.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 1993
Gr 5-8 In 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson journeyed from Scotland across the Atlantic and then by train across the United States to join the woman he loved in Monterey, California. Murphy has drawn from the writer's journal to provide a fresh, primary-source account of transcontinental train travel at that time. Choosing by necessity the cheapest passage, Stevenson traveled with other newcomers to the U.S. who had not yet reached their final destination. He describes his companions, th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
