Murphy, Jim, 1947-

Across America on an emigrant train / by Jim Murphy; illustrated with photographs and prints. - New York : Clarion Books, c1993. - 150 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliography (p. 140-4) and index.

Accelerated Reader ALA Booklist ALA Notable Book For Children Elementary School Library Collection Brodart

Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America.

7.5 4-7

0395633907 $20.80

92038650 /AC


Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 --Journeys--Juvenile literature.--United States
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894


Railroad travel--History--Juvenile literature.--United States--19th century
Authors, Scottish--Biography--Juvenile literature.--19th century
Railroads--History.
Railroads--History


United States--Description and travel--Juvenile literature.--1865-1900
United States--Description and travel.
United States--Description and travel

PR5495 / .M79 1993

828/.803/092 B