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The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming

J. Anderson Coats

High-spirited Jane joins Mr. Mercer’s plan to take unmarried girls and Civil War widows to Washington Territory. She expects the expedition west to offer a better life, but the reality proves very different from what was promised. A New England family travels by steamship, only to find that it does not deliver on those expectations. Jane, the family’s stepdaughter, persists through the obstacles she encounters in the territory.

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Themes
Family · History · Resilience · Travel
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published
February 28, 2017
ISBN-13
9781481464970
Language
English
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