Author: Courtni Crump Wright
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823411528
Category : African American pioneers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A chronicle of a black family's journey from Virginia to California in 1865 in search of a new kind of freedom provides a multicultural perspective on the settling of the American West.
Wagon Train
Author: Courtni Crump Wright
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823411528
Category : African American pioneers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A chronicle of a black family's journey from Virginia to California in 1865 in search of a new kind of freedom provides a multicultural perspective on the settling of the American West.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823411528
Category : African American pioneers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A chronicle of a black family's journey from Virginia to California in 1865 in search of a new kind of freedom provides a multicultural perspective on the settling of the American West.
Wagons West
Author: Frank McLynn
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802199143
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
An acclaimed historian’s “compellingly told” year-by-year account of the pioneering efforts to conquer the American West in the mid-nineteenth century (The Guardian). In all the sagas of human migration, few can top the drama of the journey by Midwestern farmers to Oregon and California from 1840 to 1849—between the era of the fur trappers and the beginning of the gold rush. Even with mountain men as guides, these pioneers literally plunged into the unknown, braving all manner of danger, including hunger, thirst, disease, and drowning. Employing numerous illustrations and extensive primary sources, including original diaries and memoirs, McLynn underscores the incredible heroism and dangerous folly on the overland trails. His authoritative narrative investigates the events leading up to the opening of the trails, the wagons and animals used, the roles of women, relations with Native Americans, and much else. The climax arrives in McLynn’s expertly re-created tale of the dreadful Donner party, and he closes with Brigham Young and the Mormons beginning communities of their own. Full of high drama, tragedy, and triumph, “rarely has a book so wonderfully brought to life the riveting tales of Americans’ trek to the Pacific” (Publishers Weekly).
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802199143
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
An acclaimed historian’s “compellingly told” year-by-year account of the pioneering efforts to conquer the American West in the mid-nineteenth century (The Guardian). In all the sagas of human migration, few can top the drama of the journey by Midwestern farmers to Oregon and California from 1840 to 1849—between the era of the fur trappers and the beginning of the gold rush. Even with mountain men as guides, these pioneers literally plunged into the unknown, braving all manner of danger, including hunger, thirst, disease, and drowning. Employing numerous illustrations and extensive primary sources, including original diaries and memoirs, McLynn underscores the incredible heroism and dangerous folly on the overland trails. His authoritative narrative investigates the events leading up to the opening of the trails, the wagons and animals used, the roles of women, relations with Native Americans, and much else. The climax arrives in McLynn’s expertly re-created tale of the dreadful Donner party, and he closes with Brigham Young and the Mormons beginning communities of their own. Full of high drama, tragedy, and triumph, “rarely has a book so wonderfully brought to life the riveting tales of Americans’ trek to the Pacific” (Publishers Weekly).
The Oregon Trail
Author: Rinker Buck
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451659164
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
A new American journey.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451659164
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
A new American journey.
The Wagon Train
Author: Bobbie Kalman
Publisher: Life in the Old West
ISBN: 9780778701026
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Filled with hopes and dreams, the first immigrants to the west loaded up their wagons and headed out to the frontier in search of a new life. Children will learn about the difficult journey by wagon train and how settlers arrived at their final destination.
Publisher: Life in the Old West
ISBN: 9780778701026
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Filled with hopes and dreams, the first immigrants to the west loaded up their wagons and headed out to the frontier in search of a new life. Children will learn about the difficult journey by wagon train and how settlers arrived at their final destination.
If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon
Author: Ellen Levine
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780808579236
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For use in schools and libraries only. Answers questions about what it was like to travel to the Oregon Territory by covered wagon, crossing rivers, mountains, and prairie.
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780808579236
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For use in schools and libraries only. Answers questions about what it was like to travel to the Oregon Territory by covered wagon, crossing rivers, mountains, and prairie.
Wagon Train Cinderella
Author: Shirley Kennedy
Publisher: Lyrical Press
ISBN: 1616507012
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Traveling the Overland Trail toward California, a lonely young woman learns that love can lead you out of the wilderness . . . 1851, Overland Trail to California. As a baby, Callie was left on the doorstep of an isolated farmhouse in Tennessee. The Whitaker family took her in, but they’ve always considered her more a servant than a daughter. Scorned by her two stepsisters, Callie is forced to work long hours and denied an education. But a new world opens to her when the Whitakers join a wagon train to California—guided by rugged Luke McGraw . . . A loner, haunted by a painful past, Luke plans to return to the wilderness once his work is done. But he can’t help noticing how poorly Callie is treated—or how unaware she is of her beauty and intelligence. As the two become closer over the long trek west, Callie’s confidence grows. And when disaster strikes, Callie emerges as the strong one—and the woman Luke may find the courage to love at last . . .
Publisher: Lyrical Press
ISBN: 1616507012
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Traveling the Overland Trail toward California, a lonely young woman learns that love can lead you out of the wilderness . . . 1851, Overland Trail to California. As a baby, Callie was left on the doorstep of an isolated farmhouse in Tennessee. The Whitaker family took her in, but they’ve always considered her more a servant than a daughter. Scorned by her two stepsisters, Callie is forced to work long hours and denied an education. But a new world opens to her when the Whitakers join a wagon train to California—guided by rugged Luke McGraw . . . A loner, haunted by a painful past, Luke plans to return to the wilderness once his work is done. But he can’t help noticing how poorly Callie is treated—or how unaware she is of her beauty and intelligence. As the two become closer over the long trek west, Callie’s confidence grows. And when disaster strikes, Callie emerges as the strong one—and the woman Luke may find the courage to love at last . . .
Wagon Train
Author: S. A. Kramer
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0448413345
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
What was it like to head out west in a covered wagon? How did the pioneers get their wagons over rugged mountains and across wide rivers? Hop aboard the wagon train and find out what life was like for American pioneers!
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0448413345
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
What was it like to head out west in a covered wagon? How did the pioneers get their wagons over rugged mountains and across wide rivers? Hop aboard the wagon train and find out what life was like for American pioneers!
Emigrants on the Overland Trail
Author: Michael E. LaSalle
Publisher: Truman State Univ Press
ISBN: 9781935503958
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Presenting the “lost” year of the overland emigrants in 1848, this volume sheds light on the journey of the men, women, children, and the wagon trains that made the challenging trek from Missouri to Oregon and California. These primary sources, written by seven men and women diarists from different wagon companies, tell how settlers endured the tribulations of a five-month westward journey covering 2,000 miles. These intrepid souls include a young mother, a French priest, a college-educated teacher, and an ox driver. Subjected to the extremes of fear, failure, suffering, and hope, they persevered and finally triumphed.
Publisher: Truman State Univ Press
ISBN: 9781935503958
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Presenting the “lost” year of the overland emigrants in 1848, this volume sheds light on the journey of the men, women, children, and the wagon trains that made the challenging trek from Missouri to Oregon and California. These primary sources, written by seven men and women diarists from different wagon companies, tell how settlers endured the tribulations of a five-month westward journey covering 2,000 miles. These intrepid souls include a young mother, a French priest, a college-educated teacher, and an ox driver. Subjected to the extremes of fear, failure, suffering, and hope, they persevered and finally triumphed.
Wagon Trail
Author: Bonnie Bryant
Publisher: Skylark
ISBN: 0307825825
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
The Saddle Club is heading west--on the Oregon Trail. They are taking part in a re-creation of the famous wagon train ride across the American West. Things may be a little easier for these modern-day pioneers, but they still have their fair share of problems to face. Stevie has to drive their wagon--and wear a dress! She isn't sure which is worse. Lisa, meanwhile, has to contend with a reluctant cow who really doesn't want to walk across the prairie. Even Carole is finding those long days in the saddle a little more than she bargained for.
Publisher: Skylark
ISBN: 0307825825
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
The Saddle Club is heading west--on the Oregon Trail. They are taking part in a re-creation of the famous wagon train ride across the American West. Things may be a little easier for these modern-day pioneers, but they still have their fair share of problems to face. Stevie has to drive their wagon--and wear a dress! She isn't sure which is worse. Lisa, meanwhile, has to contend with a reluctant cow who really doesn't want to walk across the prairie. Even Carole is finding those long days in the saddle a little more than she bargained for.
Daily Life in a Covered Wagon
Author: Paul Erickson
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613028387
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Describes what it was like traveling on the Oregon Trail, including what travelers ate, wore, and saw along the route
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613028387
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Describes what it was like traveling on the Oregon Trail, including what travelers ate, wore, and saw along the route