01591cam a2200325 4500 381526470 TxAuBib 20190429120000.0 090424s1993||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780756991449 0756991447 (OCoLC)319169703 TxAuBib Murphy, Jim. Across America on an emigrant train / by Jim Murphy ; illustrated with photographs and prints. New York : Clarion Books, 1993. 150 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.[139]-144) and index. Journey begins -- All aboard! -- Aboard the emigrant train -- Into the Wild West -- Across the high Sierras -- In the good country -- Final word. 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. 1180 Lexile. 20190429. Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 Travel United States Juvenile literature. Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. RAILROAD TRAVEL United States History 19th century Juvenile literature. Authors, Scottish 19th century Biography Juvenile literature. RAILROADS History. United States Description and travel Juvenile literature. United States Description and travel.