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Across America on an Emigrant Train,New
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An account of Robert Louis Stevensons twelveday journey from New York to California in 1879 to see his ailing fianc provides the opportunity to experience a crosscountry journey firsthand. Drawn from Stevensons journal, Across America offers a unique and fascinating primarysource account of transcontinental train travel.Interwoven with descriptions of traveling companions, other emigrants, and their collective experiences, Across America weaves together the broader storythe building of the transcontinental railroad and the settling of the West.Stevensons journey becomes the dramatic and moving window through which to experience the effect of the railroads on the territories they crossed; the disruption and destruction of Native American life they caused; the slaughter of the buffalo; as well as portraits of the towns that quickly came and vanished as the construction crews moved on. Through Stevensons memoirs, one also experiences the excitement of hope and the lure of the West.Illustrated with numerous period maps, drawings, photos and engravings that bring the story of westward expansion uniquely to life.NCTE Orbis Pictus Award * The Jefferson Cup Award * An ALA Notable Childrens Book
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