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

Author

Murphy, Jim

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

Author

Denenberg, Barry

Series

My name is America

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

1998

Physical Desc

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

Author

Denenberg, Barry

Series

My name is America

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

1999

Physical Desc

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

Description

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Twelve-year-old Ben Uchida keeps a journal of his experiences as a prisoner in a Japanese internment camp in Mirror Lake, California, during World War II.

4) The journal of Joshua Loper: a Black cowboy

Author

Myers, Walter Dean

Series

My name is America

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

1999

Physical Desc

158 p. ; 20 cm.

Description

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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

Author

Myers, Walter Dean

6) The journal of Sean Sullivan: a Transcontinental Railroad worker

Author

Durbin, William

7) The journal of Augustus Pelletier: the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Author

Lasky, Kathryn

Series

My name is America

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

2000

Physical Desc

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

Description

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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

Author

Rinaldi, Ann

Series

My name is America
Dear America book

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

2000

Physical Desc

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

Description

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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

Author

Durbin, William

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

Author

Yep, Laurence

Series

My name is America

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

2000

Physical Desc

p. 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

Author

Myers, Walter Dean

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

Author

Philbrick, W. R.

13) The journal of Jesse Smoke: a Cherokee boy

Author

Bruchac, Joseph

Series

My name is America

Publisher

Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

2001

Physical Desc

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

Description

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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

Author

Durbin, William

Series

My name is America

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

2002

Physical Desc

169 p. : map ; 20 cm.

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Thirteen-year-old C.J. records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson family to leave their farm in Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.

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

Author

Levine, Ellen

16) The journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty, United States Marine Corps

Author

White, Ellen Emerson

Series

My name is America

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

2002

Physical Desc

188 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Description

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An eighteen-year-old Marine records in his journal his experiences in Vietnam during the siege of Khe Sanh, 1967-1968. Includes a history of Vietnam, war timeline, glossary, and related military information.

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

Author

Murphy, Jim

18) The journal of Finn Reardon: a newsie

Author

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell

Series

My name is America
Dear America

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

2003

Physical Desc

156 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Description

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Finn Reardon, a thirteen-year-old Irish-American newspaper carrier who hopes to be a journalist someday, keeps a journal of his experiences living in New York City in 1899. Includes historical notes.

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

Author

Hite, Sid