Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English G

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		Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English G
		Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English G

基本信息·出版社：Scholastic Inc.
·页码：221 页
·出版日期：2003年04月
·ISBN：0439220270
·条形码：9780439220279
·装帧：精装
·正文语种：英语

内容简介 "Land of the Buffalo Bones" is the diary of Mary Rodgers, known as Polly. Promising religious freedom and fertile land, Polly's father, Reverend Rodgers, moves their Baptist community from England to the Minnesota prairie. After a treacherous journey across the sea and across this country, Polly finds that it is no paradise at all. Written with incredible heart and compassion, insight and sensitivity, Marion Dane Bauer has created one of the most sophisticated and courageous characters DEAR AMERICA has seen.
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Gr. 4-8. This Dear America book is unusual in that it is based on real people and events in 1873. Bauer's great-grandfather Reverend Rodgers led his family and congregation from England to Minnesota, the jumping-off point for this fictional diary, narrated by Rodgers' oldest daughter, Polly, age 14. The long and unpleasant voyage and the settlers' horror at their barren and inhospitable new land are vividly set down, and it is the latter that forms the backbone of Polly's story. She describes the family's sod house, the ineptness with which the town-bred English attempt to build and farm, and the endless oppressive heat, unendurable cold, and plagues of locusts. No wonder the settlers eventually vote to reject their pastor! Accompanied by photos of the Rodgers family and scenes of the settlement, this is an engrossing look at the hardships faced by many pioneers. Eva Mitnick
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