Murphy, Jim

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The boys' war

Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War
1991
Includes diary entries, personal letters, and archival photographs to describe the experiences of boys, sixteen years old or younger, who fought in the Civil War.

Harold thinks big

1980
Harold devises an elaborate scheme to try to get Esther to notice him instead of Bruiser.

Tractors

from yesterday's steam wagons to today's turbocharged giants
1984
Relates the history of the tractor and shows the changes in design that have resulted in the diesel-powered giants of today.

Backyard bear

1993
After developers encroach upon its forest home, a young black bear wanders into a neighborhood and creates chaos in the middle of a peaceful summer night.

Blizzard!

the storm that changed America
2006
Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.

Guess again

more weird & wacky inventions
1986
Describes forty-five unusual, but actual, inventions, some of which worked, some of which failed, after inviting the reader to guess their purposes from pictures. Sequel to "Weird and Wacky Inventions.".

Baseball's all-time all-stars

1984
The author presents two hypothetical "all-time, all-star" teams chosen from the best players in baseball history, with accompanying research to support his choices.

On enemy soil

the journal of James Edmond Pease : a Civil War union soldier
2012
James Edmond, a sixteen-year-old orphan, keeps a journal of his experiences and those of "G" Company which he joined as a volunteer in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Weird & wacky inventions

1978
Includes drawings of unusual inventions submitted to the patent office, with clues to aid the reader in guessing the purpose of each invention.

Into the deep forest with Henry David Thoreau

1995
Relates Henry David Thoreau's adventure through the Maine wilderness recording all the details of the untouched forest.

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