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1) The great fire

Author

Murphy, Jim

Language

English

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NPM - JUV GRL R
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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Playaway/Launchpad

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An account of the Great Chicago Fire combines archival photographs and drawings with personal accounts by its survivors and historical documents.

2) An American plague: the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793

Author

Murphy, Jim

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook

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National Book Award Finalist: An account of the disease that ravaged eighteenth-century Philadelphia, written and illustrated for young readers.

1793, Philadelphia: The nation’s capital and the largest city in North America is devastated by an apparently incurable disease, cause unknown…

This dramatic narrative describes the illness known as yellow fever and the toll it took on...

3) The long road to Gettysburg

Author

Murphy, Jim

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook

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Describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 as seen through the eyes of two actual participants, nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and seventeen-year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway. Also discusses Lincoln's famous speech delivered at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.

4) The crossing: how George Washington saved the American Revolution

Author

Murphy, Jim

Pub. Date

[2010]

Language

English

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

Author

Murphy, Jim

Series

My name is America

Pub. Date

1998.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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James Edmond, a sixteen-year-old orphan, keeps a journal of his experiences and those of "G" Company which he joined as a volunteer in the Union Army during the Civil War.