Series Dear America

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43 items
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Green Marsh, Massachusetts, 1774
The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777
Dear America: Cannons at Dawn
A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1836
Valley of the Moon: The Diary Of Maria Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846
So Far from Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847
All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder, The Santa Fe Trail, 1848
Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849
A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859
A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
The Great Railroad Race Utah Territory, 1868
Down the Rabbit Hole: The Diary of Pringle Rose (Dear America)
Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, Minnesota, 1873
Behind the Masks : the Diary of Angeline Reddy
My Heart Is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880
My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883
A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
A City Tossed and Broken, San Francisco, California, 1906 : the Diary of Minnie Bonner
Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City, 1909
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, RMS Titanic, 1912
A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917
When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer, New York City to the Western Front, 1917
Like the Willow Tree : Portland, Maine, 1918
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, Perkins School for the Blind, 1932
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938
The Fences Between Us : the Diary of Piper Davis
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York, 1941
Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941
With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968

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A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 by Kathryn Lasky 3,278 copies, 26 reviews1620. Colonial Times: Mayflower/Plimoth Colony
I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 by Lisa Rowe Fraustino 401 copies, 10 reviews1691. Colonial Times: Massachusetts Bay Colony
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 by Mary Pope Osborne 2,062 copies, 24 reviews1763. Colonial Times: Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763 by Patricia C. Mckissack 386 copies, 9 reviews1763. Colonial Times: New York Colony
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Green Marsh, Massachusetts, 1774 by Ann Turner 278 copies, 7 reviews1774. American Revolution: Greenmarsh, Massachusetts
The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by Kristiana Gregory 2,610 copies, 23 reviews1777. American Revolution: Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Dear America: Cannons at Dawn by Kristiana Gregory 263 copies, 3 reviews1779. American Revolution: Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1836 by Sherry Garland 1,443 copies, 10 reviews1836. Westward Expansion: Gonzales, Texas
Valley of the Moon: The Diary Of Maria Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846 by Sherry Garland 649 copies, 11 reviews1846. Westward Expansion: Sonoma Valley, Alta California
So Far from Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 by Barry Denenberg 2,197 copies, 10 reviews1847. Immigration: Lowell, Massachusetts
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 by Kristiana Gregory 2,711 copies, 42 reviews1847. Westward Expansion: The Oregon Trail
All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder, The Santa Fe Trail, 1848 by Megan McDonald 293 copies, 5 reviews1848. Westward Expansion: The Santa Fe Trail
Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849 by Kristiana Gregory 732 copies, 5 reviews1849. Westward Expansion: California Territory
A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859 by Patricia C. Mckissack 2,228 copies, 26 reviews1859. Civil War/Slavery: Belmont Plantation, Virginia
A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 by Karen Hesse 1,552 copies, 18 reviews1861. Civil War/Slavery: Fenwick Island, Delaware
When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 by Barry Denenberg 2,213 copies, 28 reviews1864. Civil War/Slavery: Gordonsville, Virginia
The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864 by Ann Turner 1,365 copies, 17 reviews1864. Native American: New Mexico
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 by Joyce Hansen 2,003 copies, 20 reviews1865. Civil War/Slavery: Mars Bluff, South Carolina
The Great Railroad Race Utah Territory, 1868 by Kristiana Gregory 1,418 copies, 9 reviews1868. Westward Expansion: Utah Territory
Down the Rabbit Hole: The Diary of Pringle Rose (Dear America) by Susan Campbell Bartoletti 196 copies, 4 reviews1871. Great Chicago Fire: Chicago, Illinois
Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, Minnesota, 1873 by Marion Dane Bauer 431 copies, 5 reviews1873. Westward Expansion: New Yeovil, Minnesota
Behind the Masks : the Diary of Angeline Reddy by Susan Patron 236 copies, 6 reviews1880. Frontier Life: Bodie, California
My Heart Is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880 by Ann Rinaldi 1,250 copies, 13 reviews1880. Native American: Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania
My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881 by Jim Murphy 667 copies, 6 reviews1881. Westward Expansion: Broken Bow, Nebraska
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883 by Jim Murphy 1,441 copies, 10 reviews1883. Westward Expansion: New York to Idaho Territory
A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti 1,352 copies, 13 reviews1896. Immigration: Lattimer, Pennsylvania
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 by Kathryn Lasky 1,774 copies, 16 reviews1903. Immigration: New York City
A City Tossed and Broken, San Francisco, California, 1906 : the Diary of Minnie Bonner by Judy Blundell 170 copies, 1 review1906. Disasters: San Francisco, California
Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City, 1909 by Deborah Hopkinson 203 copies, 6 reviews1909. American Labor Movement: New York City
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, RMS Titanic, 1912 by Ellen Emerson White 3,470 copies, 39 reviews1912. Disasters: RMS Titanic
A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917 by Kathryn Lasky 833 copies, 8 reviews1917. WWI & Women's Rights: Washington, D.C.
When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer, New York City to the Western Front, 1917 by Beth Seidel Levine 563 copies, 5 reviews1917. WWI: New York City to the Western Front
Like the Willow Tree : Portland, Maine, 1918 by Lois Lowry 533 copies, 17 reviews1918. WWI & the Shakers: Portland, Maine
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 by Patricia C. Mckissack 1,240 copies, 10 reviews1919. Early Civil Rights: Chicago, Illinois
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932 by Kathryn Lasky 986 copies, 12 reviews1932. Depression Era: Indianapolis, Indiana
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 by Barry Denenberg 732 copies, 11 reviews1932. Depression Era: Watertown, Massachusetts
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935 by Katelan Janke 593 copies, 9 reviews1935. Depression Era: Dalhart, Texas
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938 by Barry Denenberg 801 copies, 6 reviews1938. WWII & Immigration: Vienna, Austria to New York
The Fences Between Us : the Diary of Piper Davis by Kirby Larson 731 copies, 26 reviews1941. WWII & War Relocation Camps: Seattle, Washington
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York, 1941 by Mary Pope Osborne 1,132 copies, 17 reviews1941. WWII: Long Island, New York
Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 by Barry Denenberg 1,539 copies, 25 reviews1941. WWII involves America: Hawaii
With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson by Andrea Davis Pinkney 570 copies, 7 reviews1954. Civil Rights: Hadley, Virginia
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968 by Ellen Emerson White 622 copies, 4 reviews1968. Vietnam War: Boston, Massachusetts

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