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Sparrow Jack /

In 1868, John Bardsley, an immigrant from England, brought one thousand sparrows from his home country back to Philadelphia, where he hoped they would help save the trees from the inch-worms that were destroying them. Based on a true story.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gerstein, Mordicai
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux, 2003.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Bardsley, John > Juvenile fiction.
Bardsley, John > Fiction.
Sparrows > Fiction.
Immigrants > Fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > Fiction.
Pennsylvania > History > 1865- > Fiction.

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