Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, Minnesota 1873 (Dear America Series)

A very interesting Dear America story. American history is filled with different religious groups who come here this one is about Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodger also know as Polly who comes to America from England where her father and his congregation moves from England to Minnesota. Notihng goes as her father had planned. The voyage was terrible and the land in Minnesota was barren and only thing they could afford to live in are... Read Full Review

Mary Elizabeth, or Polly, is caught up in the dramatic jorney to the harsh, cold, badlands of Minnesota, Land of the Buffalo Bones from her safe home in her native land of England. She and her family wither through the long, hard voyage, eroding away with every day. When the battle is finnaly overcome, the climate and conditions in Minnesota are not as good as expected to be. The people of the party and Mary Elizabeth's family... Read Full Review

This book is different in that, unlike other diaries, this family actually existed. That fact alone made it much more appealing. The Rodgers family, along with several other families, immigrate from England to a land that is supposed to be "perfect in every way" Too later, they realize that they have been lied to and there is no turning back. The blame is put on her dad because he's the one who started the whole thing. I... Read Full Review

Land of the Buffalo Bones is the story of Polly Rodgers, a young girl whose father is a Baptist minster who organizes 80 religously persecuted Baptists in Yeovil, England, to colonize the Minnesota Territory in the New Yeovil Colony. Although the advertisments and her father's false words tell of a wonderful and bountiful country, the 80 colonists come upon a surprise when they reach the colony--which isn't built, is covered... Read Full Review

Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, called Polly by her family, is the fourteen-year-old daughter of a Baptist minister. She was born and raised in England, but now her father has decided to move the family to Minnesota in search of religious freedom. Polly begins her diary on the journey by steamship to America and describes the challenges her family and friends face on their journey to their new home, challenges that do not end... Read Full Review