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Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1998.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
156 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
William, a twelve-year-old orphan, writes of his experiences in pre-Revolutionary War Boston where he joins the cause of the patriots who are opposed to the British rule.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
158 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1871 Joshua Loper, a sixteen-year-old black cowboy, records in his journal his experiences while making his first cattle drive under an unsympathetic trail boss.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
140 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A seventeen-year-old soldier from central Virginia records his experiences in a journal as his regiment takes part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy and subsequent battles to liberate France.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
188 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1867, fifteen-year-old Sean experiences both hardships and rewards when he joins his father in working on the building of the Transcontinental Rairoad.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
171 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1905 fifteen-year-old Otto describes in his journal how he travels from Finland to America, joining his father in a dreary iron mining community in Minnesota and becoming involved in a union fight for better working conditions.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
109 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1863, as the Civil War approaches her quiet town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, nine-year-old Virginia records in a journal the horrible things she witnesses before, during, and after the Battle of Gettysburg.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
109 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
109 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In her diary, a young girl writes about her life and the events surrounding the beginning of the American Revolution in Philadelphia in 1776.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
141 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player. Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
203 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jesse Smoke, a sixteen-year-old Cherokee, begins a journal in 1837 to record stories of his people and their difficulties as they face removal along the Trail of Tears. Includes a historical note giving details of the removal.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1848, nine-year-old Joshua Martin McCullough writes a journal of his family's journey from Missouri to Oregon in a covered wagon. Includes a historical note about westward migration.
20) After the rain
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In her diary, a ten-year-old girl writes about her family's experiences living in Washington, D.C., in 1864-65, during which time the Civil War comes to an end and President Lincoln is assassinated. Includes historical notes.
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