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My name is America

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Murphy, Jim, 1947-2022
Denenberg, Barry
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014
Durbin, William, 1951
Lasky, Kathryn
Rinaldi, Ann
Durbin, William
Yep, Laurence, 1948
Myers, Walter Dean
Philbrick, W. R
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942
Levine, Ellen
White, Ellen Emerson
Murphy, Jim
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell
Hite, Sid

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

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Murphy, Jim, 1947-2022

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

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Denenberg, Barry

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156 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

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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

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Denenberg, Barry

4) The journal of Joshua Loper: a Black cowboy

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Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014

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158 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

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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

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Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014

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140 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.

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A seventeen-year-old soldier from central Virginia records his experiences in a journal as his regiment takes part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy and subsequent battles to liberate France.

6) The journal of Sean Sullivan: Transcontinental Railroad worker

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Durbin, William, 1951-

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188 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

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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

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171 p. ; 20 cm.

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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, Plimoth Plantation, 1620

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A fourteen-year-old indentured servant keeps a journal of his experiences on the Mayflower and during the building of Plimoth Plantation in 1620 and 1621.

9) The journal of Otto Peltonen: a Finnish immigrant

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Durbin, William

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

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Yep, Laurence, 1948-

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219 p. : ill., map ; 19 cm.

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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

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Myers, Walter Dean

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

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Philbrick, W. R.

13) The journal of Jesse Smoke: a Cherokee boy

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Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

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203 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.

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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

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Durbin, William

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

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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

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White, Ellen Emerson

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

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Murphy, Jim

18) The journal of Finn Reardon: a newsie

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Bartoletti, Susan Campbell

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

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127 p. ; 20 cm.

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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.