TY - SER
KW - widows and widowers
KW - steamboats
AU - Alice B. Neal
AB - When an unemployed New York man leaves for Pittsburgh to find work, his wife suddenly dies of cholera leaving their two boys, Robert and Eddy, to head west to find their father. Adventures transpire along the way.
C1 - 1849
C3 - Allegheny Mountains; Allegheny County; Allegheny River; Monongahela River; Ohio River; Pittsburgh
C4 - Children’s; Western; Christian; Adventure
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N1 - Alice B. Neal is a pseudonym of Alice Bradley Neal Haven (1827-63).

This is likely the first children’s novel set in Pittsburgh.
N2 - When an unemployed New York man leaves for Pittsburgh to find work, his wife suddenly dies of cholera leaving their two boys, Robert and Eddy, to head west to find their father. Adventures transpire along the way.
PB - D. Appleton and Company
PP - New York
PY - 1852
RN - Alice Bradley Neal Haven (1827-63), born in Hudson, New York, was a popular writer of children's books.
EP - 177 p.
TI - "No Such Word as Fail," or, The Children's Journey
ER -