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Unforgettable Courage and Romance From Lauraine Snelling
Warming countless hearts and bringing history to life, Lauraine Snelling's Sisters of the Confederacy is an exciting tale of courage, adventure, and romance.
After finding her expected safe haven destroyed, Jesselyn Highwood must decide where to turn next. With no place left to go, Jesselyn decides to head west on the Oregon Trail. Here she encounters hardship, danger on the journey—and...
Warming countless hearts and bringing history to life, Lauraine Snelling's Sisters of the Confederacy is an exciting tale of courage, adventure, and romance.
After finding her expected safe haven destroyed, Jesselyn Highwood must decide where to turn next. With no place left to go, Jesselyn decides to head west on the Oregon Trail. Here she encounters hardship, danger on the journey—and...
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Publication Date
[2019]
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English
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Based on true events, this compelling survival story by award-winning novelist Jane Kirkpatrick is full of grit and endurance. Beset by storms, bad timing, and desperate decisions, 8 women, 17 children, and one man must outlast winter in the middle of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1844.
1844. The Stevens-Murphy company left Missouri to be the first wagons into California through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Mostly Irish Catholics, the party sought...
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
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A pioneer father transports his beloved fruit trees and his family to Oregon in the mid-nineteenth century. Based loosely on the life of Henderson Luelling.
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Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Publication Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language
English
Description
Surveys the place of the Oregon Trail within the history of U.S. expansion and profiles several individuals who lived when the Oregon Trail was in use and outlines their perspectives on it. Includes illustrations and a glossary.
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Publisher
Scholastic
Publication Date
2001
Physical Desc
155 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Douglas Deeds, a fifteen-year-old orphan, keeps a journal of his travels by wagon train as a member of the ill-fated Donner Party, which became stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the winter of 1846-47.
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Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Publication Date
2012, c1997
Physical Desc
194 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hattie chronicles her family's arduous 1847 journey from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail. In a diary format, this novel chronicles the hardships that pioneers endured during a trip west on the Oregon Trail.
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Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Publication Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
While traveling along the Oregon Trail, ten-year-old Cora and her newborn baby sister suffer the loss of their mother and are separated, but Cora stitches a book to tell the dark-eyed baby of their journey and family.
14) Dreadnought: #2
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Publisher
Tor
Publication Date
2010
Physical Desc
p. cm.
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English
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Mercy Lynch is just a frustrated nurse who wants to see her father before he dies. But she'll have to survive both Union intrigue and Confederate opposition if she wants to make it off the Union-operated, Tacoma-bound "Dreadnought" alive.
15) The water seeker
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Publisher
Henry Holt
Publication Date
c2010
Physical Desc
309 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the hard life, filled with losses, adversity, and adventure, of Amos, son of a trapper and dowser, from 1833 when his mother dies giving birth to him until 1859, when he himself has grown up and has a son of his own.
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Publisher
Scholastic
Publication Date
2002
Physical Desc
172 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2020.
Physical Desc
399 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This book recounts one of history's most harrowing - and chilling - tales of survival. In 1846, a group of emigrants bound for California face a choice: continue on their planned route or take a shortcut into the wilderness. Eighty-nine of them opt for the untested trail, a decision that plunges them into danger and desperation and, finally, the unthinkable. This is a retelling of the ill-fated journey of the Donner party across the Sierra Nevadas...
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Publisher
Picture Window Books
Publication Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 p.) : col. ill., col. map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Reveals what life was like for pioneer children making their way west on the Oregon Trail. Details the hardships individuals traveling west had to endure and outlines the steps they took to ensure survival. Includes color illustrations, a glossary, and further reading sources.
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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.