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Author Gingold, Katharine Kendzy.

Title Ruth by lake and prairie : True stories of early Naperville, Illinois / Katharine Kendzy Gingold ; illustrations by Katharine Kendzy Gingold ; Cover ill. and map by Donald M. Gingold.

Publication Info. Naperville, Ill. : Gnu Ventures Company Publication, [2006]
©2006
1 hold on first copy returned of 3 copies
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1289129~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Juvenile Fiction  J GINGOLD    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Juvenile Fiction  J GINGOLD    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Reference Local History  J GINGOLD    WORKROOM
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Description 202 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm
Note Includes a chronology and historical resources.
Summary In the most complete retelling of the founding of Naperville, long-forgotten facts are woven into an historical narrative reminiscent of "Little House" books. Joseph Naper's twelve-year-old neice Ruth Eliza Murray, mischievous brother Amos, rugged brother Ned, and thirteen courageous families endure windless days and stormy nights in an over-crowded sailing schooner on the Great Lakes. Landing in a swampy little town soon to be Chicago, they head westward on covered wagons across the Illinois prairie to a new home on the DuPage River.
Subject Siblings -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
Naperville (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Illinois -- History, Local -- Juvenile fiction.
Local Subject LOCAL AUTHOR.
Genre Local author
Added Author Gingold, Donald M.
Added Title True stories of early Naperville, Illinois
ISBN 0979241901 (pbk.)
9780979241901
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