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1) The journal of James Edmond Pease: a Civil War Union soldier

Author

Murphy, Jim

2) The journal of William Thomas Emerson, a Revolutionary War patriot

Author

Denenberg, Barry

Series

My name is America
Dear America

Pub. Date

1998.

Language

English

Description

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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.

3) The journal of Ben Uchida: citizen 13559 Mirror Lake internment camp

Author

Denenberg, Barry

4) The journal of Joshua Loper: a Black cowboy

Author

Myers, Walter Dean

Series

My name is America

Pub. Date

1999.

Language

English

Description

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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.

5) The journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: a World War II soldier

Author

Myers, Walter Dean

6) The journal of Sean Sullivan: a Transcontinental Railroad worker

Author

Durbin, William

Series

My name is America
Dear America

Pub. Date

1999.

Language

English

Description

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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.

7) The journal of Augustus Pelletier: the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Author

Lasky, Kathryn

Series

My name is America

Pub. Date

2000.

Language

English

Description

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A fictional journal kept by twelve-year-old Augustus Pelletier, the youngest member of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery.

8) The journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: a Pilgrim boy

Author

Rinaldi, Ann

9) The journal of Otto Peltonen: a Finnish immigrant

Author

Durbin, William

10) The journal of Wong Ming-Chung: a Chinese miner

Author

Yep, Laurence

Series

My name is America
Dear America

Pub. Date

2000.

Language

English

Description

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A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle during the Gold Rush.

11) The journal of Biddy Owens: the Negro leagues

Author

Myers, Walter Dean

12) The journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: the Donner Party expedition

Author

Philbrick, W. R

Series

My name is America

Pub. Date

2001.

Language

English

Description

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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.

13) The journal of Jesse Smoke: a Cherokee boy

Author

Bruchac, Joseph

Series

My name is America

Pub. Date

2001.

Language

English

Description

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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

Author

Durbin, William

Series

My name is America

Pub. Date

2002.

Language

English

Description

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Thirteen-year-old C.J. records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson family to leave their farm in Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.

15) The journal of Jedediah Barstow, an emigrant on the Oregon Trail: Overland, 1845

Author

Levine, Ellen

Series

My name is America

Pub. Date

2002.

Language

English

Description

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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.

16) The journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty, United States Marine Corps

Author

White, Ellen Emerson

Series

My name is America

Pub. Date

2002.

Language

English

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Veterans Day- MID/JF

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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

Author

Murphy, Jim

18) The journal of Finn Reardon: a newsie

Author

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell

19) The journal of Rufus Rowe: witness to the Battle of Fredricksburg

Author

Hite, Sid

Series

My name is America

Pub. Date

2003.

Language

English

Description

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In 1862, sixteen-year-old Rufus Rowe runs away from home and settles in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he documents in his journal the battle he watches unfold there.