overland trails

When a slave-owning family decides to go to California to mine for gold, twelve-year-old Clementine, whose mother calls her Hope, travels with them, which ultimately leads her on a journey to freedom.

Los jo?venes lectores explorara?n la vida como un pionero y aprender lo que significa vivir en Estados Unidos hoy. Tambie?n se incluyen las hermosas fotografi?as y mapas y textos claros y divertido.

Describes the Overland Trail and the frontiersmen who traveled to Fort Bridger.

"Read about when gold was discovered in California, and how this triggered one of the most amazing migrations in history"--Provided by publisher.

Describes the experiences of children and teenagers who made overland journeys in nineteenth-century America, including the California, Oregon, and Mormon trails, and presents profiles of ten individual children, adolescents, and sets of siblings.

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.