Jessie's Journey
Title | Jessie's Journey PDF eBook |
Author | Jess Smith |
Publisher | Birlinn |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2012-04-05 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0857901788 |
From the ages of 5 to 15, Jess Smith lived with her parents, sisters and a mongrel dog in an old, blue Bedford bus. They travelled the length and breadth of Scotland, and much of England too, stopping here and there until they were moved on by the local authorities or driven by their own instinctive need to travel. By campfires, under the unchanging stars they brewed up tea, telling stories and singing songs late into the night. "Jessie's Journey" describes what it was like to be one of the last of the traditional travelling folk. It is not an idyllic tale, but despite the threat of bigoted abuse and scattered schooling, humour and laughter run throughout a childhood teeming with unforgettable characters and incidents.
Jessie's Journey
Title | Jessie's Journey PDF eBook |
Author | Angela McAllister |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1994-10-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780517133286 |
Jessie's Journey
Title | Jessie's Journey PDF eBook |
Author | Angela McAllister |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN |
Knowing that she is going to take a train trip, Jessie imagines what it will be like and then experiences the exciting journey.
Jessie's Journey
Title | Jessie's Journey PDF eBook |
Author | Jessie Glenny |
Publisher | |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Missionaries |
ISBN |
"Jessie's journey is the true story of a sheltered Edwardian girl and her husband who became missionaries in one of Peru's most ancient cities, Cuzco." -- p. 8.
Tales from the Tent
Title | Tales from the Tent PDF eBook |
Author | Jess Smith |
Publisher | Birlinn |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2012-05-21 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0857901796 |
Tales from the Tent continues Jess Smith's story from the first book in the series, Jessie's Journey. Jess has left school, and after a miserable spell working in a paper-mill, she abandons the settled life and takes to the roads once more. The old bus has gone, to be replaced by a caravan and campsites. Times are changing, and it is becoming harder and harder for travellers to make a living by doing the rounds of seasonal jobs like the berry-picking. Conscious that the old way of life was disappearing before her eyes, Jess stored up as much as she could gather from the rich folklore of the travellers' world. Now she retells some of the many stories and songs she heard by the campfire or at the tent's mouth. Interwoven with these tales is the story of Jess and her life on the road - her first loves, her friendships, her days at the hawking and berry-picking, the exploits of her lovable but infuriating family, the unforgettable characters she meets.
When Jessie Came Across the Sea
Title | When Jessie Came Across the Sea PDF eBook |
Author | Amy Hest |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2003-09-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780763612740 |
A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works for three years sewing lace and earning money to bring Grandmother to the United States, too. Reprint.
On This Long Journey: The Journal of Jesse Smoke, a Cherokee Boy, The Trail of Tears, 1838
Title | On This Long Journey: The Journal of Jesse Smoke, a Cherokee Boy, The Trail of Tears, 1838 PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Bruchac |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Pages | 183 |
Release | 2014-01-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0545633818 |
Critically acclaimed author Joseph Bruchac's exciting JOURNAL OF JESSE SMOKE is now in paperback with a dynamic repackaging! In 1838 in Tennessee, the Cherokee Nation is on the brink of being changed forever as they face the Removal -- being forcibly moved from their homes and land, in part because of a treaty signed by a group of their own people. Sixteen-year-old Jesse Smoke has been studying at the Mission School, but it has been shut down and turned into a fort for the ever-increasing number of soldiers entering the territory. Now Jesse has returned to his home to live with his widowed mother and two younger sisters. All hope lies on the Cherokee chief, John Ross, who is in Washington, D.C., trying to delay the Removal. Then one night, family members are suddenly awakened, dragged from their homes, and brought at gunpoint to a stockade camp. From there, Jesse and his family are forced to march westward on the horrifying Trail of Tears during the long, cold winter months. It's a difficult journey west, and Jesse's not sure if he and his family can survive the journey.