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 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.
