california national historic trail

A graphic novel adaptation of the Francis Parkman's classic book of the 1846 exploration of the American West, describing his traveling hardships, the region's landscapes and wildlife, others emigrating westward, and the daily lives of Plains Native Americans. Includes historical note.

Provides an account of the author's 1846 expedition into the American West.

In 1849, twelve-year-old Sarah and her family and friends have an adventure while traveling west to California.

Seventeen-year-old Moses struggles to stay alive when he is left behind to keep watch over the belongings of his fellow travelers in a wagon train that has run into trouble with the onset of winter while journeying from Iowa to California in 1844.

Examines the thrills and disappointments of the nineteenth-century rush for gold in California, during which people abandoned their jobs and homes and headed west in hopes of becoming rich.

Follows a wagon trail to California in 1848 as hundreds of pioneers endure great hardships while traveling 2,000 miles of wilderness.