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.
year: 2003
call number/section: 1000, 920
subjects: bardsley, john, juvenile fiction, fiction, sparrows, fiction, immigrants, historical fiction, philadelphia (pa.), history, fiction, pennsylvania, 1865-