This recent edition to the My Name Is America series presents a "first-hand" account of what life was like for a fifteen-year-old boy who worked on the Transcontinental Railroad in the mid-1800s alongside his father. ---from the publisher
192 pages 978-0439049948 Ages 10-14
Keywords: historical fiction, journal, 19th century, transcontinental railroad, part of a series, father/son, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old, 13 year old, 14 year old
