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Author:

Coulter, Laurie.

Title:

Cowboys and coffin makers : one hundred 19th-century jobs you might have feared or fancied / by Laurie Coulter ; art by Martha Newbigging.

Publisher:

Distributed in the U.S.A. by Firefly Books,
Distributed in the U.S.A. by Firefly Books,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

96 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Working class--United States--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Occupations--United States--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Social classes--United States--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Working class--History--19th century.
Occupations--History--19th century.
Social classes--History--19th century.

Other Authors:

Newbigging, Martha, ill.

Notes:

Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 93) and index.

Summary:

Provides fascinating facts and stories about one hundred jobs of the 1800s in North America, including a railroad brakeman, a hokey-pokey seller, a mule spinner, an iron puddler, and a trapper boy.

ISBN:

9781554510672
1554510678

Locations:

GIPC251 -- De Soto Public Library (De Soto)