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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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The Elephant Quilt
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Susan Lowell |
Lily Rose and Grandma stitch a quilt that tells the story of their family's journey from Missouri to California by covered wagon in 1859. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The devil's paintbox
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Victoria McKernan |
In 1865, fifteen-year-old Aiden and his thirteen-year-old sister Maddy, penniless orphans, leave drought-stricken Kansas on a wagon train hoping for a better life in Seattle, but find there are still… |
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Suzannah Strikes Gold
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Elaine L. Schulte |
In 1848, having survived the long dangerous journey west, twelve-year-old Suzannah and her cousin Daniel call on God's help to face the temptations and hardships of the California gold fields. |
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Suzannah and the secret coins
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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… |
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Alvah and Arvilla
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Mary Lyn Ray |
Arvilla has never been able to see the ocean, because of having to care for their farm animals, until she gets an idea for a "voiture" which will enable them all to travel to the Pacific. |
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The Devil's Paintbox
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Victoria McKernan |
When orphans Aiden and Maddy Lynch first meet trailrider Jefferson J. Jackson in the spring of 1865, they're struggling to survive on their family's drought-ravaged Kansas farm. So when Jackson offer… |
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West on the wagon train
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Elizabeth Cody Kimmel |
Following the death of his father, Bill joins a wagon train to the west, where he is befriended by the famous marksman, Wild Bill Hickock. |
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Bound for Oregon
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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. |
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The journal of Jedediah Barstow, an emigrant on the Oregon Trail
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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… |
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