Great journeys | Southwest La Plata Library District

1) Beyond the frontier: the story of the trails West

Author

Dolan, Edward F

Series

Great journeys

Pub. Date

2000

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This book describes the journeys west made by many settlers in the mid-1800s - mostly overland, but also by sea - discussing their reasons for going, the difficulties they faced, and life on the way.

2) Driven from the land: the story of the Dust Bowl

Author

Meltzer, Milton

Series

Great journeys

Pub. Date

[2000]

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Describes the economic and environmental conditions that led to the Great Depression and the horrific dust storms that drove people from their homes westward during the 1930s.

3) Out of the darkness: the story of Blacks moving North, 1890-1940

Author

Haskins, James

4) They came in chains: the story of the slave ships

Author

Meltzer, Milton

5) Bound for America: the story of the European immigrants

Author

Meltzer, Milton

6) North across the border: the story of the Mexican Americans

Author

Perl, Lila

7) The Trail of Tears: the story of the Cherokee removal

Author

Elish, Dan

8) Behind barbed wire: the story of Japanese-American internment during World War II

Author

Perl, Lila

Series

Great journeys

Pub. Date

2002

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Discusses the forced internment of Japanese-Americans in camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II.

9) The Long Walk: the story of Navajo captivity

Author

Bial, Raymond

10) To the Golden Mountain: the story of the Chinese who built the Transcontinental railroad

Author

Perl, Lila

Series

Great journeys

Pub. Date

[2003]

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Describes the experience of Chinese immigrants to the United States in the nineteenth century, their work on the transcontinental railroad, and also discusses the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred Chinese workers from entering this country.