Words west : voices of young pioneers / Ginger Wadsworth.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Clarion Books, c2003.Description: xiii, 191 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:- 0618234756
- Voices of young pioneers
- 917.804/2 22
- 917.804/2/083 21
- F596 .W24 2003
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.
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.
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