Dear America
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi
by Murphy, Jim
Popularity 59
The first humorous book in the Dear America series follows an Italian girl's immigrant family as they move from New York City to a utopian community in the frontier West. While traveling in 1883 with her Italian American family (including a meddlesome little sister) and other immigrant pioneers to a utopian community in Idaho, fourteen-year-old Teresa keeps a diary of her experiences along the way.
FictionJuvenile fictionFrontier and pioneer lifeDiariesItalian AmericansSistersFrontier and pioneer life in fictionDiaries in fictionSisters in fictionItalian Americans in fictionChildren's fictionIdaho, fiction