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Across America on an Emigrant Train

by Jim Murphy · 1993

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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.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
American historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 168 pages

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