overland journeys to the pacific

"Melissa Chapman was 23 years old and part of a happy, healthy, loving family. She had a decent job, a boyfriend she cared about, and friends she enjoyed. Yet on the first of May in 1982, she said good-bye to all of it. Carrying a puppy named Gypsy, she climbed aboard a horse and rode away from everything, heading west. With no cell phone, no GPS, no support team or truck following with supplies, Chapman quickly learned that the reality of a cross-country horseback journey was quite different from the fantasy. Her solo adventure would immediately test her mental, physical, and emotional resources as she and her four-legged companions were forced to adapt to the dangers and loneliness of a trek that would span over 2600 miles, beginning in New York State and reaching its end on the other side of the country, in California"--.

"It's 1850, and you are continuing on the treacherous Oregon Trail and there are still months of adventure ahead. In these two books . . . you need to choose the right path in order to get you and your family all the way to Oregon City"--Back cover.

"It's 1850, and you are setting off on the treacherous Oregon Trail. In these first two books . . . you need to choose the right path in order to get you and your family to the halfway mark on your 2,000-mile trek West"--Back cover.

Examines what life was like during the Westward Expansion, exploring the clothing, schooling, family life, and more. Includes fact boxes, visuals, glossary, and index.

Presents the story of the ill-fated Donner party, which set out for California in 1846 and became trapped in a blizzard while crossing the Sierra Nevada mountains, incorporating diaries of survivors and other contemporary documents.

A reprint of the 1859 text which provides information and advice to pioneers bound for the western frontier. Includes a map, illustrations, and itineraries of the principal routes between the Mississippi and the Pacific.

Explores how the Donner party survived their expedition.

The letters and thoughts of Thomas Jefferson, members of the Corps of Discovery, their guide Sacagawea, and Captain Lewis's Newfoundland dog, all tell of the historic exploratory expedition to seek a water route to the Pacific Ocean.

Presents in graphic novel format the experiences of the Donner Party, a group of eighty-seven individuals that headed West from Illinois in 1846, became trapped in a snowstorm, and was forced to take desperate measures to stay alive.