Words west :
Wadsworth, Ginger.
Words west : voices of young pioneers / Voices of young pioneers Ginger Wadsworth. - New York : Clarion Books, c2003. - xiii, 191 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-184) and index.
Opening the West -- Preparations and leaving home -- Jumping off -- Hoping to go twenty miles in a day -- Oregon or bust -- California gold and other destinations -- Entertainment and celebrations -- Chores and chow -- Life, death, and accidents -- Indians -- Mother nature rules -- Dry and hot -- Over mountains -- The ever-changing trail and times -- In the promised land.
School Library Journal, December 2003 Five Owls, October 2004 Kirkus Starred, October 2003 Horn Book, April 2004 Book Report, March 2004 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2004 Library Media Connection, February 2004 Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, November 2004
Excerpts from personal letters, journals, and memoirs help chronicle the experiences of children who traveled west with their families in covered wagons between 1830 and 1870.
6.8 5-8 Follett Library Resources
0618234756
2003003764
F596 / .W24 2003
917.804/2 917.804/2/083
Words west : voices of young pioneers / Voices of young pioneers Ginger Wadsworth. - New York : Clarion Books, c2003. - xiii, 191 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-184) and index.
Opening the West -- Preparations and leaving home -- Jumping off -- Hoping to go twenty miles in a day -- Oregon or bust -- California gold and other destinations -- Entertainment and celebrations -- Chores and chow -- Life, death, and accidents -- Indians -- Mother nature rules -- Dry and hot -- Over mountains -- The ever-changing trail and times -- In the promised land.
School Library Journal, December 2003 Five Owls, October 2004 Kirkus Starred, October 2003 Horn Book, April 2004 Book Report, March 2004 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2004 Library Media Connection, February 2004 Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, November 2004
Excerpts from personal letters, journals, and memoirs help chronicle the experiences of children who traveled west with their families in covered wagons between 1830 and 1870.
6.8 5-8 Follett Library Resources
0618234756
2003003764
F596 / .W24 2003
917.804/2 917.804/2/083