Confessions to Mr. Roosevelt
Author: M. J. Holt
Category: Other
Published: 2019
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Read Online"This little book is kind of a preservation movement, and a contribution to our understanding of how the West was won." –Library Journal on The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America"Meticulous, yet accessible... a terrific resource." –Booklist on Children of the Western PlainsEllen Hartley is desperate for work, but the Great Depression makes it almost impossible until she stumbles onto the Federal Writers' Project, which is hiring people to interview pioneers. Ellen is assigned to a small Kansas town, where it's rumored that the pioneers' stories will be read by President Roosevelt. Ellen becomes involved with three of the women she interviews. As their pioneer stories unfold, friendships and old hatreds are revealed and then brought to a crisis when a skeleton is unearthed. Some believe the remains prove the legend of an undiscovered Indian village, and everyone seems to have an opinion on the skeleton's identity. Ellen is...
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