Wilhelm's journey, an emigration journey, Anke Bär
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Wilhelm's journey, an emigration journey, Anke Bär
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Wilhelm's journey
Oclc number
1109781123
Responsibility statement
Anke Bär
Sub title
an emigration journey
Summary
"When a young child finds her great-great grandfather Wilhelm's journal detailing his voyage across the Atlantic as an emigrant sailing from Bremerhaven, Germany to America in 1872, she is transported back in time. The journal entries capture young Wilhelm's hopes of escaping poverty, the adventure and poignancy of leaving behind all that is familiar, the wonders of life on the open sea, the work of the sailors, the daily struggles of sleeping in steerage, sea sickness, insect infestations, and boredom, but also the children's games and sense of community on board. And finally, the big day comes as the Columbia reaches the port of New York! Sidebar facts throughout offer insights about navigational tools, seamen's knots, sea creatures, and more in this historical picture book about the great age of emigration and life aboard a sailing ship."--Amazon
Target audience
primary
Classification
Creator
Subject
- Germany -- History -- 1871-1918 -- Juvenile fiction
- Transatlantic voyages -- Juvenile fiction
- Immigrants -- Fiction
- Emigration and immigration -- Fiction
- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction
- Germans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction
- Sailing ships -- Fiction
- Immigrant children -- Juvenile fiction
- Sailing ships
- Nineteenth century -- Juvenile fiction
- Ocean travel -- Juvenile fiction
- Germans -- United States -- Fiction
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- Germany -- History -- 1871-1918 -- Juvenile fiction
- Transatlantic voyages -- Juvenile fiction
- Immigrants -- Fiction
- Emigration and immigration -- Fiction
- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction
- Germans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction
- Sailing ships -- Fiction
- Immigrant children -- Juvenile fiction
- Sailing ships
- Nineteenth century -- Juvenile fiction
- Ocean travel -- Juvenile fiction
- Germans -- United States -- Fiction
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- Author1
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