Across America on an Emigrant Train
Publication Information
Author:  Murphy, Jim	Illustrator:
Title:  Across America on an Emigrant Train	Date:  1993
Publisher:  Clarion Books	City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-395-63390-7	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, biography and autobiography, diaries and journals
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
This nonfiction account of Robert Louis Stevenson's train trip from New York to California combines Stevenson's words from his letters and diary, a factual description of the railroad industry and the 19th-century U.S. West, and amazing old photographs and drawings.
Teaching Ideas:
Students who are interested in Stevenson's travels may want to also look at Stanley's The Last Princess, which provides background to and the history of Hawaii. The book would fit well in a unit on the U.S. West or in a unit on biographies of famous writers (with Bedard's Emily or Stanley and Vennema's Charles Dickens, for example).
Teaching Strategies:
Venn Diagrams    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf
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Art and Photography > photography History > time period > 19th Century Transportation > trains Literature and Language > authors > Stevenson, Robert Louis History > topic > journeys/voyages

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