trails

Follows a young cattle herder as he makes a living for himself working in the American West, eventually honing his skills enough to entertain audiences in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Features full-color illustrations throughout.

Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is horrified when her son Ofer, due to be released from the service, is instead sent to the front for a major offensive, and in an effort to avoid bad news, she impulsively sets out on a hike to Galilee, taking along her former lover Avram, a recluse since his own stint in the military, and keeps Ofer very much alive by telling Avram the story of the young man's life.

Clover takes The Perilous Path with her friend Wilf when her baby brother goes missing on it to rescue him from the evil clutches of Mesmeranza.

Traces the building of roads in the eastern part of the United States from the time of the earliest colonists to the 1850s.

Describes the hardships and accomplishments of the different groups who established the various trails used to travel westward across the United States in the mid-1800s.

Describes the journeys west made by many settlers in the mid-1800s--mostly overland, but also by sea--discussing their reasons for going, the difficulties they faced, and life on the way.