A Paradise Called Texas

by Janice Jordan Shefelman

Book Overview

Searching for a better life, Mina, Papa, and Mama left their German fatherland aboard the brig Margaretha, bound for Texas. They had been told it was the paradise of North America, but when Mina steps... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890155062
• ISBN13: 9780890155066
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: Eakin Press
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

(GTT) Gone to Texas......

GTT were the initials placed on doors all over the world to let friends and neighbors know where loved ones had gone. Mina and her family left Germany in search of a better life. Read this novel to find out how the early immigrants to the south and west lived. Mina's family faced many grave dangers and hardships once they reached Texas, as well as the tragic loss of loved ones. This story follows the family from Germany, to Galveston, and finally to New Braunfuls in Central Texas, where they will settle and hopefully find happiness. A great story to read along with social studies of early America.