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Author
Lexile measure
1190L
Language
English
Description
Originally serialized in Knickerbocker's Magazine between 1847 and 1849, The Oregon Trail is a fascinating chronicle of Francis Parkman's travels on the Oregon Trail during the summer of 1846 through the western states of Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado. Living and hunting with a tribe of Native Americans for a period of time, Francis Parkman captures the spirit of the old west in this gripping 19th century narrative. Fans of the old west...
5) The way home
Author
Pub. Date
1993
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
118 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
9) The townsmen
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1975
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
15) The pioneers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1974
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A lively, anecdotal history of life in the American West during the nineteenth century Frontier life, Dee Brown writes, "was hard, unpleasant most of the time," and " lacking in almost all amenities or creature comforts." And yet, tall tales were the genre of the day, and humor, both light and dark, was abundant. In this historical account, Brown examines the aspects of the frontier spirit that would come to assume so central a position in American...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1851 twelve-year-old Sarah is a free Black, happy living with her parents, grandparents, and brother on their own farm in Iowa; but her father has been bitten by the gold bug and wants to take the trail west to California, and after some argument it is decided that the the grandparents will stay on the farm, but the rest of the family will go; the journey will be difficult and dangerous, but if they survive extreme weather, difficult terrain, illness,...
19) Cowboys
Author
Pub. Date
1983
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 29 cm
Language
English
20) Frontier days
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1928
Physical Desc
512 pages : illustrations, (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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