![]() ![]() Contains facts about education in the early nineteenth century. Growing up in western New York State in the early 1800's, Abbie would much rather read than embroider a sampler, which her mother and teacher insist she do, but she works hard after thinking of just the right picture and saying to include. Unhappy when her family first moves out to the plains of Nebraska, the young Willa Cather comes to appreciate the beauty of her new home.įollowing in the example of the people of Boston, the patriots of Chester Town, Maryland dump tea into the bay to protest the unfair tea tax. Immigrants from Sweden, from their arrival in New York through the Relates the experiences of two young brothers and their family, Brenner weaves this and other anecdotes about our 16th president into this easy-to-read selection. It also served as a good place to keep important papers. Gather wool, spin cloth, and make clothes to keep her children warm.Īs a young lawyer, Abe Lincoln found that his stovepipe hat came in handy for more than just covering his head. When Betsy Ward's family moves to Ohio from Connecticut in 1803, she brings along a sockfull of coins to buy sheep so that she can ![]() In 1815, the McClures sail their flatboat from Pittsburgh down the Ohio River and settle in what would become Jeffersonville, Indiana. ![]() Peppe’s father is upset when he learns that Peppe has taken a job lighting the gas street lamps in New York’s Little Italy. KEY: jP = Picture Books jZ = 1st and 2nd Grade Readers jE = 3rd and 4th Grade Readers JF = 5th Grade and Up ![]()
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