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Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction. Subgenre: People + Places / United States / General, History / United States / General. Age: 4-8 years. Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree. Language: English. Format: paperback. Release Date: February 1, 2001. Date Published: February 1, 2001.

Overview Details Customer Reviews Go along on one family's journey to their new homestead—and see up-close the hunger, thirst, sickness, hostile Native Americans, and even deceit and thievery from fellow travelers they found along the way. You'll also witness the ingenuity, skill, and trickery used to overcome such challenges. And you'll learn how the lure of money tempted so many onto the Oregon Trail. Artwork and archival images create a scrapbook collage effect, making the book a visual...

Genre: Juvenile Fiction. Subgenre: Historical / Exploration + Discovery, People + Places / United States / General, Historical / United States / General. Age: 9-12 years. Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books. Edition: Reprint. Language: English. Format: paperback. Date Published: August 1, 2001.

A major one-volume history of the Oregon Trail from its earliest beginnings to the present, by a prize-winning historian of the American West. Starting with an overview of Oregon Country in the early 1800s, a vast area then the object of international rivalry among Spain, Britain, Russia, and the United States, David Dary gives us the whole sweeping story of those who came to explore, to exploit, and, finally, to settle there. Using diaries, journals, company and expedition reports, and newspaper...

Dary introduces us to the pioneers: trailblazers, fur-traders, and missionaries, who made the first journeys to Oregon County, an internationally disputed territory comprising present-day Washington, Oregon, and California. We learn of the road's steadily increasing popularity, as economic problems or the promise of adventure and wealth lead thousands of homesteaders, gold-rushers, and entrepreneurs to pile their hopes and dreams into wagons and head west. Using journals and letters, as well as company...

Description: A childrens' classic, with original text, cover art, and the wonderful illustrations of Agnes Randall Moore. First published in 1931, this old-fashioned story has timeless appeal to children of all ages; whether read aloud at story time, or read silently while curled up in a favorite spot. This story of a little girl crossing the plains with her family (and her mischievous tortoiseshell cat, Benjamin) in a covered-wagon train captures the romance and adventure of a child...

Description: In the nineteenth century, over half a million men, women and children traveled west on the Oregon Trail. Stretching two thousand miles from Independence, Missouri, to the Pacific Northwest, the Oregon Trail was the longest overland route used in the westward expansion. Crossing mountains and deserts, fighting disease, short of both food and water, pioneers endured many hardships to follow the trail west with their hopes and dreams of seeking fortunes in the unsettled west. In Surviving...

About this book In the summer of 1846, a privileged young Bostonian, Francis Parkman, embarked on a journey that took him thousands of miles beyond the protection of the US cavalry. His route led west along the pioneer trail towards the Rocky Mountains, which thousands of men, women and children would travel to seek their fortunes in the new frontier territories across the Great Plains. Parkman’s brilliant observations capture a defining period in American history. The Oregon Trail is rich in page...

Keen observations and a graphic style characterize the author's remarkable record of a vanishing frontier. Detailed accounts of the hardships experienced while traveling across mountains and prairies; vibrant portraits of emigrants and Western wildlife; and vivid descriptions of Indian life and culture. A classic of American frontier literature.

Keen observations and a graphic style characterize the author's remarkable record of a vanishing frontier. Detailed accounts of the hardships experienced while traveling across mountains and prairies; vibrant portraits of emigrants and Western wildlife; and vivid descriptions of Indian life and culture. A classic of American frontier literature.

An introductory history of the Oregon Trail and its significance in opening the west to settlers, including information on the people who opened the Trail, their reasons for going west, modes of transportation, and a description of a typical day on the Trail.

Description Table of Contents Author Bios During the 1800s, more than 300,000 Americans migrated westward on the famous Oregon Trail. Winding 2,000 miles from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon, this remarkable route led brave pioneers across prairies, mountains, and deserts to the promising lands of the western frontier. Today, more than 150 years after the first emigrants crossed the trail in wagon trains, you can relive their epic adventure with the help of author Julie Fanselow...

Description Based on a true story originally written by one of the survivors, Neta Lohnes Frazier's account of seven children traveling westward still has the power to astonish. In the 1840s, the Sager family set off on the Oregon Trail, a dangerous and adventure-filled journey. Tragedy struck when both the mother and father succumbed to fever, orphaning the youngsters-one just a newborn. The entire wagon train adopted them, until they arrived at the Whitman Mission in Oregon. There, the Sagers...

Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852 by Mary Ann Boatman Rau, a retired geologist, is a great grandson of Mary Ann and Willis Boatman, pioneers in the 1850s who ended up in Puyallup, Washington. He interweaves his narrative about their experiences with excerpts from their diaries and firsthand accounts from other overland travelers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Author: Mary Ann Boatman, Weldon W. Rau, Willis Boatman Publisher: Washington State Univ Pr Edition: Illustrated...

Description Table of Contents Author Bios The 1852 overland migration was the largest on record, with numbers swelled by Oregon-bound settlers as well as hordes of gold seekers destined for California. It also was a year in which cholera took a terrible toll in lives. Presented here are firsthand accounts of this fateful year, including the words and thoughts of a young married couple, Mary Ann and Willis Boatman. show more show less Preface Introduction Leaving Home ...