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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie Kristiana Gregory Now that we're in the North Platte River Valley the air feels dry and thin. My lips are so chapped they bleed when I talk. The only thing to do is dip our fingers in to the bucket of axle grease and … OL121808W
How to get rich on the Oregon Trail How to get rich on the Oregon Trail Tod Olson This whimsical recounting of one family's journey to their new homestead will give readers an appreciation of the hardships faced by all those who signed up for the great migration. These include hun… OL15028068W
How I survived the Oregon Trail How I survived the Oregon Trail Wilson, Laura A young boy keeps a journal describing his family's five-month journey across country in a covered wagon. Each entry includes a game, recipe, or other related activity. OL18301350W
Trouble for Lucy Trouble for Lucy Carla Stevens As she and her family travel the Oregon Trail in 1843, Lucy's puppies persist in creating trouble. OL1909672W
Suzannah and the secret coins Suzannah and the secret coins Elaine L. Schulte In 1848 twelve-year-old Suzannah and her cousin Daniel travel with their families from the East Coast along the National Road, also known as the Cumberland Road, to the Missouri frontier, and a blizz… OL2678625W
Bound for Oregon Bound for Oregon Jean Van Leeuwen A fictionalized account of the journey made by nine-year-old Mary Ellen Todd and her family from their home in Arkansas westward over the Oregon Trail in 1852. OL57602W
The journal of Jedediah Barstow, an emigrant on the Oregon Trail The journal of Jedediah Barstow, an emigrant on the Oregon Trail Ellen Levine In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living w… OL696000W