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An immigrant family travels to Kansas by covered wagon, builds a sod house on the prairie and overcomes danger and hardship.

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Lee, Manning de V. (Illustrator)

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Original publication date
1954
People/Characters
Friedrich Traubel; Maria Traubel; Ilse Traubel; Hans Traubel
Important places
Kansas, USA
Dedication
With love for Bill and Mabel
First words
More than a hundred years ago, a great many people left Germany, because they were no longer free to say what they thought.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But Monday Blackhoof did not like Mr. Johnson, so he said nothing about it.

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Kids, Tween
DDC/MDS
813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
LCC
PZ7 .C6294 .SLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres

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