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1) 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.

2) West to a land of plenty: the diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi

Author

Murphy, Jim

Series

Dear America

Pub. Date

1998.

Language

English

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While traveling in 1883 with her Italian American family (including a meddlesome little sister) and other immigrant pioneers to a utopian community in Idaho, fourteen-year-old Teresa keeps a diary of her experiences along the way.

3) My face to the wind: the diary of Sarah Jane Price, a prairie teacher

Author

Murphy, Jim

Series

Dear America

Pub. Date

2001.

Language

English

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JEF - Historical Fiction - Juvenile

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Following her father's death from a disease that swept through her Nebraska town in 1881, teenaged Sarah Jane must find work to support herself and records in her diary her experiences as a young school teacher.

4) The journal of Brian Doyle: a greenhorn on an Alaskan whaling ship

Author

Murphy, Jim

Series

My name is America

Pub. Date

2004.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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In 1874, Brian Doyle records in his diary how he ran away from his home in San Francisco, joined the crew of a whaling ship, and endured storms, hostile shipmates, and being stranded in the Arctic.

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Jim Murphy

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

2) West to a land of plenty: the diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi

3) My face to the wind: the diary of Sarah Jane Price, a prairie teacher

4) The journal of Brian Doyle: a greenhorn on an Alaskan whaling ship