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Title: West to the Land of Plenty


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West to the Land of Plenty
  • Jim Murphy
  • Presented byLydia

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Genre Non-fiction
  • Why I chose this book. Because it is a fun book
    to read. It has a lot of things that give
    information about the main characters.

3
Authors Purpose
  • Authors purpose is to inform because it tells
    about what they did traveling by train,wagon or
    barefoot.

4
Characters and setting
  • Who
  • Tresa
  • Antoinetta
  • Mary Margaret
  • J.W. Anderson
  • Where
  • New York
  • Chicago
  • Watertown
  • Idaho
  • When
  • 1883

5
In the beginning
  • Tresa and her family also her Nanna leave New
    York to go to the Idaho Territory, in 1883. To
    find a new land.

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In the middle
  • Trouble begins leaders are yelling everybodys
    mad, people dying, everybodys sick its a
    disaster.What can be done? When will we get to
    the Idaho Territory?

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In the end
  • Tresa her family also nanna make it to Idaho.
    Tresa was asked to be a school teacher! Nanna
    lived to be ninty-six years old. One week before
    Tresas death she was able to write in her diary.

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To sum it up
  • West to the Land of Plenty is a book about a life
    in 1883. Its a book that tells about a wagon
    train traveling west to the Idaho Territory.

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Recommendation
  • I would recommend this book to someone.
  • Its a happy, sad, funny a very good book.

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Who am I?
  • My name is Lydia, my birthday is September 8. I
    was born in 1999. My hometown is Corcoran. Some
    of my hobbies are swimming jogging. My future
    career is being a teacher.
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