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Nothing Here But Stones : A Jewish Pioneer Story
Nothing Here But Stones A Jewish Pioneer Story
Author: Nancy Oswald
At first I thought everything in America would look like New York City, with shops and crowded streets, but I have discovered, the farther west we travel, that there are long stretches of nothing. Absolutely nothing. — I only hope the place we are going to is not so empty. — A Russian Jewish family struggles to — make a new...  more »

To Emma, Colorado seems as barren as an unfinished house. The land is too poor to farm, so Papa must work long hours in the mines. The trials of frontier life are especially hard for these Russian Jewish immigrants, who speak no English and practice a different religion from the others in the area. With a harsh, hungry winter coming, the settlement needs some good luck. Can Emma make it happen?

Based on the real struggles of an exceptional group of pioneers who came west in 1882, this is a finely crafted portrait of a family striving to make a home out of nothing.
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ISBN-13: 9780805074659
ISBN-10: 0805074651
Publication Date: 9/1/2004
Pages: 224
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Book Type: Hardcover
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