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2003., Pre-adolescent, KidHaven Press Call No: 978 .02 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: Daily life.Summary Note: Discusses daily life on the American frontier, reasons and methods of moving families westward, establishing homes and farms, day to day life on the frontier, and the building of communities and towns.
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2003., Juvenile, KidHaven Call No: 978 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Daily lifeSummary Note: This book discusses daily life on the American frontier, reasons and methods of moving families westward, establishing homes and farms, day to day life on the frontier, and more.
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[2013]., Juvenile, Amulet Books Call No: GR 741.5 HAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Hazardous tales.Summary Note: The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history. It's also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the United States, and the families and individuals who sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape. From the preparation for the journey to each disastrous leg of the trip, this book shows the specific bad decisions that led to the party's predicament in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The graphic novel focuses on the struggles of the Reed family to tell the true story of the catastrophic journey.
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c2010., by Capstone Press Call No: 978.0 SCH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Fact finders. Disgusting historySummary Note: "Describes disgusting details about daily life in the American frontier, including housing, food, and sanitation"--Provided by publisher.
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2010., Pre-adolescent, Children's Press Call No: 978 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: True bookSummary Note: Explores various details of the social life and customs of pioneers in the American West, covering topics such as the California gold rush, the Homestead Act of 1862, and struggles between early settlers and Native Americans, with illustrations, a timeline, and statistics.
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c2012., Pre-adolescent, Gareth Stevens Pub. Call No: ENF 978 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: A graphic history of the American WestSummary Note: Discusses the movement West and the people who made the difficult journey for a better life.
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By Doeden, Matt[2014], Juvenile, Capstone Press Call No: 978 .02 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: You choose: History.Summary Note: Describes the journey on the Oregon Trail from three different historical perspectives.
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2002., Pre-adolescent, Capstone Call No: 978 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Exploring the WestSummary Note: Examines the famous westward route of American settlement during the 1800s, including everyday life on the trail, what it took to make the journey successfully, and what happened to unsuccessful attempts to reach the Oregon Territory.
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By Brown, Skila2016., Adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: HISTORICAL F BRO Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The journey West by wagon train promises to be long and arduous for nineteen-year-old Mary Ann Graves and her parents and eights siblings. But she is hopeful about their new life in California, and the possibility of freedom from family demands. But when winter comes early to the Sierra Nevada, the Graves family, traveling alongside the Donner and Reed families, undergoes one of the most harrowing experiences in American history.
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c1999., Juvenile, Crabtree Pub. Call No: 978 .02 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: Life in the Old WestSummary Note: Describes how pioneers set out across the United States and Canada in the nineteenth century looking for a better life in the West--the routes they took, the covered wagons they used, what they ate, the dangers they faced, and more.
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[1998], c1999., Juvenile, Crabtree Call No: 978 .02 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Life in the Old WestSummary Note: Describes how pioneers set out across the United States and Canada in the nineteenth century looking for a better life in the West--the routes they took, the covered wagons they used, what they ate, the dangers they faced, and more.
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c2011., Juvenile, Holiday House Call No: 920.720978 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Many extraordinary women lived in the Wild West. Mary Pleasant fought against slavery. Esther Morris argued for suffrage. And Calamity Jane was a bull whacker.
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c2000., Crabtree Pub. Co. Call No: 978 Kal Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Life in the Old WestSummary Note: Describes the lives and experiences of women in the nineteenth-century American west, including immigrants, African Americans, and Native Americans.