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Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication Date
2023.
Physical Desc
106 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the winter of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from the Midwest to California found themselves snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range with no way forward and no food or supplies. While forty-eight of the group members survived, the others perished due to extreme weather, starvation, and illness. To survive, the remaining people resorted to extreme measures . . . including cannibalism. Learn about the many miscalculations,...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book introduces kids to the adventures of a young girl named Olivia who keeps a diary as her family travels from Missouri along the famous Oregon Trail. It is a motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills, proving ideal for children ready to enter the riveting world of reading.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Publication Date
[2025]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"It's May of 1903 and Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson is gearing up for the journey of a lifetime: the first road trip across the USA! After a heated debate about the power of "horseless carriages," aka cars, Dr. Jackson accepts a $50 bet that he can make the trip from San Francisco to New York in less than three months. Sure, he doesn't quite know how to drive and no one else has been able to make the trip before him, but Dr. Jackson knows this time will...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Publication Date
c1990
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Charts the journey of those who followed the Oregon Trail in the first half of the nineteenth century, describes the obstacles and dangers they encountered, and discusses the Trail's eventual decline with the introduction of the cross-country railroad.
11) The Oregon Trail
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Publication Date
c2006
Physical Desc
47 p. ; ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Nomad Press
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
vii, 120 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Westward ho! If you travel across certain parts of the United States, you can still see wagon wheel ruts where people crossed the west in search of more opportunity and better lives more than 200 years ago! The Oregon Trail: The Journey Across the Country from Lewis and Clark to the Transcontinental Railroad offers readers ages 9 to 12 a fascinating look at the explorers and settlers who traveled this route during the westward expansion of the United...
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Publication Date
c1999
Physical Desc
111 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how people traveling on the Oregon Trail lived, discussing their reasons for going west, modes of transportation, interaction with the Indians, and activities on the Trail.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Publication Date
2003
Physical Desc
40 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Illustrated text, letters, and diary excerpts follow the fictional Marshall family, as they travel from New York State to the Oregon territory by wagon train in the 1850s.