My name is America
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The journal of James Edmond Pease: a Civil War Union soldier
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2)
The journal of William Thomas Emerson: a Revolutionary War patriot
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The journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: a World War II soldier
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6) The journal of Sean Sullivan: a Transcontinental Railroad worker : Nebraska and points west, 1867
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
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.
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The journal of Otto Peltonen: a Finnish immigrant
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Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
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.
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Douglas Deeds, a fifteen-year-old orphan, keeps a journal of his travels by wagon train as a member of the ill-fated Donner Party, which became stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the winter of 1846-47.
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 6
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.
14)
The journal of C.J. Jackson: a Dust Bowl migrant
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Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
An eighteen-year-old Marine records in his journal his experiences in Vietnam during the siege of Khe Sanh, 1967-1968. Includes a history of Vietnam, war timeline, glossary, and related military information.
17)
The journal of Brian Doyle: a greenhorn on an Alaskan whaling ship
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Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Finn Reardon, a thirteen-year-old Irish-American newspaper carrier who hopes to be a journalist someday, keeps a journal of his experiences living in New York City in 1899. Includes historical notes.