Recounts the life story of the Native American woman, Sacajawea, who was taken as a slave when she was a girl, then later sold as a wife to a French fur trader, and who eventually guided Lewis and Clark as they explored the western United States.
Recounts the 1804-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition which explored the western half of America, examining the native societies the two men encountered and the effect of their discoveries.
Describes the life and activities of the trappers and fur traders in the Old West in the first half of the nineteenth century and recounts stories of such colorful individuals as Jim Bridger and John Colter.
The second Christmas after their mother has died, Josefina and her three sisters find that participating in the traditions of Las Posadas helps keep memories of Mam? alive.
Josefina and her sisters distrust learning to read and write, as well as other changes their T?a Dolores is bringing to the household, because they fear they will lose their memories of their mother.
