So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, An Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 (Dear America Series)
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Format: library binding
ISBN:
9780590926676 (0590926675)
ASIN: 590926675
Publish date: October 1st 1997
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Pages no: 170
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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