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My Name Is America: The Journal Of Sean Sullivan, A Transcontinental Railroad Worker

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This journal describes the building of the Union Pacific Railroad in a realistic manner that truly brings history to life. With the dramatic landscape of the West as the backdrop, we see the struggles between the whites and the Native Americans, the Irish and the Chinese, and the main character Sean and his own self-doubts. This is a classic, well-told tale.

" I saw my first scalp today and I have to admit it scared me good." That's only the begging of The Journal of Sean Sullivan. William Durbin wrote the book. It's a book about boy who writes in it and the book is his journal. He tells what happens on different days. What I liked about the book was that it was interesting and it was like no other book I have read before. What I didn't like was it kept skipping days and it made it hard to follow. The style the author writes is both diary and journal style. He also writes about things in the past. This book is a journal and it has some historical fiction in it. I'd recommended this book to any one who likes to read about someone's experience or history. Some of his other work is The Journal of Collin Pendleton. It's about World War two and a guy writes in his journal. You should try to read one of these books because you can learn about what people did in the past to make your life easier. Who knows you might even like the story.

This story is about all the hard and difficulties Sean went through as he helped his father to build a railroad. Some parts of the story were gross...dirty plates and people. Fun to see how different and fun life was then.

This fictional journal centers around 15 year old Sean Sullivan. Coming from Chicago, he meets his father. His father works for the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska. Soon, Sean encounters Old West Towns, mean workers, and prejudice towards Chinese and Irishmen. You'll also learn about the Transcontinental Railroad, one of our history's interesting subjects. This book takes you from Omaha to the meeting of the Central Pacific at Promontory Summit. Hop on board and enjoy for yourself, The Journal of Sean Sullivan. I assure you, you won't be disappointed!

I liked this book, not only because it was well written, but because some of the things in this book tied in with Libby West's diary.

It is a good book for more boys. It can keep you interested in it. There was alot of flashback in the story. He keeps remembering when he had all the different jobs on the railroad, and keeps thinking how lucky he is where he is.My favorite part in this book is when the indians shot at them. It made every body jump.

I really enjoyed reading this book it was very interesting and adventurious. It was an average reading book and the words were not that hard to understand. I wuold recomand this book for sixth grade and up. I hope William Durbin writes more books like this I really enjoy reading them.

The book was really interesting. Sean Sullivan like everyone else had to start as a water boy and work his way up: he worked as a butcher, then he shot rattlesnakes, then he laid down the rails, then finally he became a spiker. This way the reader could see what it was like to work at each job. Sean wrote in detail, but not so much as to be unrealistic. I liked the letters he got from his brother in Chicago as well.

Fifteen-year-old Sean leaves his aunt, uncle, and brother in Chicago to join his father in working on the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. Along the way, he faces many hardships but grows up. This was a good My Name is America book.