Set in 1850, Three Golden Rivers tells the tale of the four orphaned Bayard children--Jenny, Stephen, Carlotta, and Mady--who must leave their farm and move to the city in order to support themselves. They find a home on the South Side of Pittsburgh in a shanty, known locally as a clinger, on the steep hillside overlooking the rivers and the city. Young readers will gravitate to this remarkable story full of the details of life in a robust nineteenth-century city, in the words and experience of four children left to fend for themselves. Infused with the famous real-life characters of Andrew Carnegie, Charles Dickens, Jenny Lind and Stephen Foster, <I>Three Golden Rivers</I> is a natural segue to further study on these famous personalities, as well as a chance for young readers to learn much about the folklore, commerce, and ecology of the mid-nineteenth century in a booming industrial center. Three Golden Rivers is filled with fascinating bits of history such as the kind of food people ate in the mid-19th century and how it was preserved without refrigeration, the thriving commerce of the riverboats, the glass making industry that made Pittsburgh a leader in glass production, and a glimpse at the early development of the steel mills that would come to define Pittsburgh for the next century and a half. Three Golden Rivers will delight young readers as they get caught up in the lives of these independent and energetic youngsters on their own in the city. It will also provide educators and parents with an endless source of information and ideas for educational projects and approaches for discovering the history of the last century.
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"Three Golden Rivers concerns an orphaned family of four children, ages 8 to 16, who are on their own, trying to find a home and jobs in the Pittsburgh of 1850. The characters are hard-working, ambitious, and likeable, making new friends of various nationalites who live on the hillsides above the steelmills. Glass blowing, steamboating, the library, theatre, churches, and hotels leave a vivid impression of early days in Pittsburgh as it grows into an industrial and cultural center, and the reader has glimpses of famous figures like Andrew Carnegie, Jenny Lind and Stephen Foster." -- Margaret Hodges, University of Pittsburgh Library Systems
"This wonderful story is as powerful today as when it was originally published! The valuable messages about love, family, and undaunted human spirit are as skillfully woven and as strong as the three rivers that merge in Pittsburgh. A terrific read-aloud for history and social studies teachers." -- Dr. Molly S. Kinney, Consultant for Children, Parents and Family Literacy, Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education, Office of Public Library Services
"This wonderful story is as powerful today as when it was originally published! The valuable messages about love, family, and undaunted human spirit are as skillfully woven and as strong as the three rivers that merge in Pittsburgh. A terrific read-aloud for history and social studies teachers." -- Dr. Molly S. Kinney, Consultant for Children, Parents and Family Literacy, Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education, Office of Public Library Services
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Olive Price was born in Pittsburgh and lived in Mount Washington where she could see the three rivers--the Ohio, the Allegheny, and the Monongahela--and their connection to the city of Pittsburgh. Her body of work, often under the pseudonyms of Anne Cherryholmes or Barbara West, included picture books, radio plays, and biographies, as well as historical novels for young readers. Three Golden Rivers remains one of her best known works. Dr. Margaret Mary Kimmel is professor in the department of Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh where she teaches children's literature and courses related to the provision of information services to young people. With Mark Collins, Dr. Kimmel co-edited Mr. Rogers Neighborhood: Children Television and Fred Rogers, and For Reading Out Loud with Elizabeth Segal. Active in many professional associations, Dr. Kimmel is a member of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees. Kimmel received the Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Service in 1996.
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This book made my TOP THREE all through my childhood. I read it so many times that I had memorized parts. How thrilled I was to be able to buy it again. It was just as good rereading it at 72. (My other two were Little Women and Girl of the Limberlost.)
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