So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
This riveting diary takes a sharp look at the deteriorating conditions at the Lowell mills as experienced by a 13-year-old Irish immigrant girl.
This riveting diary takes a sharp look at the deteriorating conditions at the Lowell mills as experienced by a 13-year-old Irish immigrant girl.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780439555067 (043955506X)
Publish date: November 1st 2003
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Juvenile,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
American History,
19th Century,
Ireland,
Diary
Series: Dear America
Mary Driscoll’s tale is a sad one indeed. She leaves her parents to go to America. As her parents starve she tries to save money for them. So they may travel to America to meet her and her sister. Mary works in a factory and instantly makes friends with another worker. I have only read two bo...
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