Murphy, Jim

Summary: Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2000

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974 MUR

Murphy, Jim

Summary: Describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 as seen through the eyes of two actual participants, nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and seventeen-year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway. Also discusses Lincoln's famous speech delivered at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 1992

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7349 MUR

Murphy, Jim

Summary: James Edmond, a sixteen-year-old orphan, keeps a journal of his experiences and those of "G" Company which he joined as a volunteer in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 1998

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MUR

Murphy, Jim

Summary: Accounts of actual survivors and historical writings are woven together to create a thrilling book about the 1871 Chicago Fire, that reads like an adventure story.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1998

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MUR

Murphy, Jim

Summary: By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with the carefully researched history of Chicago and the disaster, [the author] constructs a ... narrative that recreates the events.... And finally, he reveals how, even in a time of deepest despair, the human spirit triumphed, as the people of Chicago found the courage and strength to build their city once again. -Dust jacket.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 1995

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 977.3 MUR

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977.311 MUR

Murphy, Jim

Summary: It's 1793, and there's an invisible killer roaming the streets of Philadelphia. The city's residents are fleeing in fear. This killer has a name--yellow fever--but everything else about it is a mystery. Its cause is unknown and there is no cure. This [book] traces the devastating course of the epidemic. [The book] offers a ... glimpse into the conditions in American cities at the time of our...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2004

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 614.541 MUR