14 Dear America Historical Bio Slavery Depression Civil War WW2 Pioneers Native

Description: 14 Dear America Historical Bio Slavery Depression Civil War WW2 Pioneers Native EBay has limited the number of "identical" books that will appear in their "Best Match" search for any one seller. In order to see all of the BOOKS I have up for bids, please select ANY search sorting OTHER THAN "Best Match". Travel back to the earliest days of America through the diary pages of these courageous children, a mixture of historical fact and historical fiction. Follow their amazing journey as told by incredible authors, through the growth of our great nation. Plus a couple of historical novels of child-life outside the US. SIX books are paperback, EIGHT are hardback. These hardbacks retail at $10.95 each. Dear America A Journey to the New World - The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple - Mayflower, 1620 (ex-owner info inside cover) Voyage on the Great Titanic - Diary of Margaret Ann Brady 1912 My Heart is on the Ground - The Diary of Nannie Little Rose a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School PA 1880 The Winter of Red Snow - The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge PA, 1777 My Secret War - The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck - New York 1941 Early Sunday Morning - The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii 1941 (ex-classroom) Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail by Elvira Woodruff Paperback 119 pages (1998)For ages 8-11 Two orphaned brothers keep in touch by letters as one heads west on the Oregon Trail and the other travels south in search of a friend’s little sister.Dear Levi takes place in 1851 when 12-year-old Austin Ives is setting off on a wagon train across the Overland Trail. Through letters to his brother, Austin tells of the harrowing trip as they plunge into surging rivers, face deadly diseases, and come face to face with Indians. The trip is a dangerous adventure, but Austin is determined to make the final destination to stake a claim to his deceased País land. Levi Ives remains in Pennsylvania with Miss Amelia until he can join Austin in the Oregon Territory.Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad by Elvira Woodruff Paperback Dear Levi Series 137 pages (2000) Set in 1853, this sequel to Dear Levi consists of letters written by 11-year-old Levi Ives to his older brother Austin. . . . [He] describes his escapades in the Pennsylvania countryside with his friend, Jupiter, the son of a former slave. When Jupiter's sister is captured by slave traders, the two boys undertake a dangerous journey south to try and free her. While hiding in the woods, they meet Harriet Tubman, and Levi realizes that some of his neighbors are part of the Underground Railroad. Rich in adventure, mystery, and suspense, the succinctly written narrative depicts Levi's struggle to understand the prejudicial attitudes of others. This carefully researched and vividly imagined novel presents the emotional and gripping tale of one boy's confrontation with the issue of slavery and its significance in American history. Woodruff combines swift pacing, historical detail, humor, suffering, depth, and precise characterizations, for a wholly satisfying page turner. My Name is America The Journal of James Edmond Pease A Civil War Union Soldier Virginia 1863 The Royal Diaries Cleopatra VII, Egypt 57 BCAmazing Indian Children: Om-Kas-Toe: Blackfeet Twin Captures an Elkdog by Kenneth Thomasma Paperback 215 pages (2000)(signed, not inscribed)Three hundred years ago the Blackfeet tribe wandered the northern plains in search of the buffalo they needed for meat and hides. The braves hunted on foot, which made stalking and killing the large animals very dangerous. The women and children followed, using backpacks and dogs to carry their belongings. Young Om-kas-toe longs for the day when he can take his place as a brave. He doesn't have to wait long for adventure, however. While serving as lookouts he and his twin sister discover a strange animal that has never before been seen by the Blackfeet tribe. The animal is a horse; the tribe calls it an elkdog. Life in the tribe is never the same after the first elkdog is discovered and captured. For many years the story of the twins and the first elkdog is told around Blackfeet fires. Elly: My True Story of the Holocaust by Elly Gross Paperback 103 pages (2007) ex-classroom copy Grades 3-5 Author Elly Gross spent years in concentration camps and doing slave labor during World War II. This is her story of how she survived. Elly Gross is a Jew. She has blonde hair and blue eyes, but she is a Jew. When Elly was just 15 years old, she, her mother and brother were deported by cattle car to the Auschwitz II / Birkenau concentration camp. On the day they arrived at Auschwitz, a soldier directed Elly to the right; her mother and brother were sent to the left. She never saw her family again. Elly later learned that her father also had been killed in a forced-labor camp. When the Soldiers Were Gone by Vera W. Propp Paperback 112 pages (2001) Henk was hidden on the farm when he was young and the Nazi soldiers came. But the war is over now, and Henk finds out that the people he lives with, the people he loves, are not his real family. He doesn't remember his real parents, and now a new life in the city lies ahead of him. Will things ever be the same?A Horn for Louis: Louis Armstrong--as a Kid! by Eric A. Kimmel (A Stepping Stone Book) Paperback 86 pages (2006)How did famous New Orleans jazz trumpet player Louis Armstrong get his first horn?Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong was too poor to buy a real instrument. He didn’t even go to school. To help his mother pay the rent, every day he rode a junk wagon through the streets of New Orleans, playing a tin horn and collecting stuff people didn’t want. Then one day, the junk wagon passed a pawn shop with a gleaming brass trumpet in the window. . . . With messages about hard work, persistence, hope, tolerance, cooperation, trust, and friendship, A Horn for Louis is perfect for aspiring young musicians and nonfiction fans alike! I do NOT use "Stock Photos". Every item I sell has an individual scanned picture so you can see what you are REALLY getting. Previously owned books with surface wear, some have ex-owner info inside. Overall good condition. I have other COOKBOOKS up for bids as well as other books and will happily combine shipping to reduce postage costs for the bidder. I combine shipping. Check out my auctions, maybe you'll find something you didn't know you needed. ********************************************************************************* Shipping charges: If the item is not as advertised, I will pay return shipping. Item condition: Upon receipt by the seller, item must be in the same condition as shown in its pictures. Buyer can re-use the packing materials & the original mailing box. Restocking fee: There is a $1 restocking fee unless the item was wrongly described. Refund: Money will be refunded upon receipt of item. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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