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WITH THE WIND, KEVIN DOLAN
A NOVEL OF IRELAND AND TEXAS
By Milligan, Bryce & Hudgins, Paul
- ISBN
- 978-0-93172-244-8
- Publisher
- SAN ANTONIO CORONA 1987
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 1987
Gr 5-8 In pre-famine Ireland, 12-year-old Kevin Dolan's Irish family is suffering under British rule. Kevin and his older brother Tom are sent to Texas, recently opened by Mexico to foreign colonization, to claim a homestead and pave the way for the family's possible future immigration. Milligan accurately recounts the hardships of the voyage. Kevin and Tom at last reach Texas, select their acreage, and begin to cultivate it. They have encounters with Karankawas, rumored to be cannibals, and the fierce Commanches. Kevin finds him...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
