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A house of tailors

A house of tailors

Giff, Patricia Reilly.
Book 2004

When thirteen-year-old Dina emigrates from Germany to America in 1871, her only wish is to return home as soon as she can, but as the months pass and she survives a multitude of hardships living with her uncle and his young wife and baby, she finds herself thinking of Brooklyn as her home.

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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) History 19th century Juvenile fiction
Emigration and immigration Juvenile fiction
German Americans Juvenile fiction
Sewing Juvenile fiction
Uncles Juvenile fiction
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ISBN:
0385908792
0385730667
Description:
148 pages ; 21 cm
LCCN:
2003026103
Control Number:
372427
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