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Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie
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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 … |
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Dear Levi
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Elvira Woodruff |
Twelve-year-old Austin Ives writes letters to his younger brother describing his three-thousand-mile journey from their home in Pennsylvania to Oregon in 1851. |
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West along the wagon road, 1852
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Laurie Lawlor |
Eleven-year-old Harriet "Duck" Scott, who isn't nearly as ladylike as her older sisters, finds many opportunities for adventure during an 1852 wagon train trip from Illinois to Oregon Territory, as h… |
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California emigrant letters
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Walker Demarquis Wyman |
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The water seeker
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Kimberly Willis Holt,Kimberly Holt |
Traces the hard life, filled with losses, adversity, and adventure, of Amos, son of a trapper and dowser, from 1833 when his mother dies giving birth to him until 1859, when he has grown up and has a… |
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How to get rich on the Oregon Trail
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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… |
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New found land
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Allan Wolf |
The letters and thoughts of Thomas Jefferson, members of the Corps of Discovery, their guide Sacagawea, and Captain Lewis's Newfoundland dog, all tell of the historic exploratory expedition to seek a… |
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Along the dangerous trail
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Bill Gutman |
Twelve-year-old James Gregg and his friend Cady Walker survived the first leg of their families' journey west. But when James's father falls ill, the wagon train leaves both families behind to fend f… |
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Golden dreams
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Gwen Bristow |
An account of the California Gold Rush, discussing the people and events involved and the effect of that gold discovery upon the future of California and the nation. |
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Oregon Trail
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Frank Young |
"Based on extensive research into personal accounts of the Oregon Trail, comic authors David Lasky and Frank Young have created a graphic narrative of one family's epic journey. The main character is… |
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Wagons ho!
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Joan Holub,George Hallowell,Lynne Avril |
Compares the experiences of Jenny Johnson and Katie Miller as their families move from Missouri to Oregon, one in 1846 and one in 2011. |
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Surviving the Oregon Trail
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Rebecca Stefoff |
"Read about how over half a million men, woman and children risked their lives and traveled west on the Oregon Trail in hopes for a better future"--Provided by publisher. |
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Our Journey West
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Gare Thompson |
Illustrated text, letters, and diary excerpts follow the fictional Marshall family, as they travel from New York State to the Oregon territory by wagon train in the 1850s. |
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A Fourth of July on the plains
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Jean Van Leeuwen |
Young Jesse and his family are with a wagon train traveling from Indiana to Oregon when they stop to celebrate the Fourth of July, but Jesse is too young to go hunting with the men so he comes up wit… |
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How I survived the Oregon Trail
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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. |
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Raveled ends of sky
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Linda Sandifer |
Nancy Maguire, a blue blood from Boston, wants to find her place within the burgeoning society of the mid-nineteenth century. But her parents want her to marry. She envisions her life in California -… |
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Covered wagons
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Jennifer Quasha |
Briefly discusses American westward expansion in the 1800s, with related projects and activities, such as making a small covered wagon, flatboat house, trail journal, and lantern. |
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Clem's chances
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Sonia Levitin |
In 1860, fourteen-year-old Clem Fontayne learns from fellow travelers about important topics of the day, including the Mormon migration, slavery, and the Pony express, as he journeys from Missouri to… |
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Devil's Gate
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David Roberts |
"The Mormon handcart tragedy of 1856 is the worst disaster in the history of the Western migrations, and yet it remains virtually unknown today outside Mormon circles. Following the death of Joseph S… |
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The pioneers go west
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George Rippey Stewart |
Relates the hardships encountered by a group of pioneers travelling by covered wagon from Iowa to California in 1844. |
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