frontier and pioneer life

Photographs and text describe how colonial Americans made the things they needed such as chairs, baskets, tools, and clothing.

Shows the different types of clothing worn in nineteenth-century America, as well as how they were made.

Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.

As the only girl in a Finnish American family of seven brothers, May Amelia Jackson resents being expected to act like a lady while growing up in Washington state in 1899.

Presents information on the historic forts of North America and the lifestyles of the men, women, and children who lived in them, illustrated with photographs taken at such historic sites as Colonial Williamsburg, Fort Laramie, and Fort Scott.

A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.

A young girl relates the hardships and dangers of traveling with her family in a covered wagon from Illinois to California during the 1860's.

Laura has her first experiences as a teacher, and is courted by Almanzo Wilder.

A little girl and her pioneer family travel westward to find a new home on the prairie.

Describes the joys and hardships experienced by an African-American pioneer woman who staked a claim for free land in the Oklahoma territory.