Children's Non-Fiction, History

Across America on an Emigrant Train

Name: Across America on an Emigrant Train
Author: Jim Murphy
ISBN: 9780756991449

by Jim Murphy

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Synopsis

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.

"A readable and valuable contribution to literature concerning expansion into the American West."

About the Author, Jim Murphy

Jim Murphy is the author of An American Plague, which received the Sibert Medal and a Newbery Honor and was selected as a National Book Award finalist. His Clarion titles include THE BOYS' WAR and other award-winning nonfiction as well as a picture book, FERGUS AND THE NIGHT-DEMON. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with his family. For more information visit www.jimmurphybooks.com.