Miss Bridie chose a shovel

Description:

Miss Bridie emigrates to America in 1856 and chooses to bring a shovel, which proves to be a useful tool throughout her life.

subjects: Juvenile fiction,  Shovels,  Tools,  Fiction,  United States,  Irish Americans,  Emigration and immigration,  New York Times reviewed,  Children's fiction,  Tools, fiction,  Frontier and pioneer life, fiction