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Words west : voices of young pioneers / Ginger Wadsworth.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Clarion Books, c2003.Description: xiii, 191 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0618234756
Other title:
  • Voices of young pioneers
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 917.804/2 22
  • 917.804/2/083 21
LOC classification:
  • F596 .W24 2003
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Non Fiction MVS Library Main room-Teen/Adult B- Nonfiction (Teen/Adult) 978 Wad (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 401303

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.

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Five Owls, October 2004

Kirkus Starred, October 2003

Horn Book, April 2004

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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.

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