frontier and pioneer life

A brief biography of John Chapman, also known as Johnny Appleseed, who helped the development of the United States by planting thousands of apple trees throughout the midwest.

"In the spring of 1846, the Donner and Reed families joined a wagon train bound for California in hopes of a better life. But when the party took an untested shortcut, it set them down a tragic path. As they crossed the Sierra Nevada, heavy snow fell in the mountain pass. They were trapped. Supplies were already low, and now they faced a winter of starvation. Told through the gripping, full-color graphic novel format, this Deadly Expeditions tale transports readers back in time to follow the Donner Party's disastrous trek west and their struggle to survive"--Provided by publisher.

"Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills"--OCLC.

Explores how the West rose and fell, discussing boomtowns,ranch life, cattle drives and more, while looking at the careers of such notable persons as William Sturgis, Theodore Roosevelt, and Clara Frewen.

When a black-hearted hide stealer kidnapped his girl and avenging Native Americans scalped his boss, buffalo hunter Tom Doan rides out on the prairies to deliver his own justice.

The first volume of The Kent Family Chronicles, following the adventures of Philip Kent from his birthplace in France to his new home in Revolutionary-era America.

Orrin Sackett and his brothers find themselves in danger when they search for gold on a trail made by their missing father twenty years earlier.

David Beaton and his bride arrive in Dakota Territory in the 1880s to claim three hundred acres of grassland, and find themselves in a constant struggle against the forces of nature.

Introduces the science behind the pioneers' epic journey to begin a new life in the West, discussing how covered wagons were engineered, how food was preserved, and how injuries and diseases were treated.

In Dakota Territory in the 1880s, half-Chinese Hanna and her white father face racism and resistance to change as they try to make a home for themselves. Includes author's note.