Murphy, Jim.

Across America on an emigrant train / by Jim Murphy ; ill. with photos. and prints. - New York : Clarion, 1993. - 150 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 --Journeys--Juvenile literature.--United States
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.


Railroad travel--History--Juvenile literature.--United States--19th century
Authors, Scottish--Biography--Juvenile literature.--19th century
Railroads--History.
Scottish authors--Biography.


United States--Description and travel--Juvenile literature.
United States--Description.

PR5495 / .M79 1993

828/.803 B