this Thrilling Adventure Back In Time To The Pioneering Days Of Wagon Trains Uses Real Objects From The Past In Close-up To Bring The Period Fully Alive. Discover How A Typical Family From Indiana Traveling To Oregon In A Covered Wagon Really Lived: How They Dressed; What They Ate; What They Saw; How They Survived The Hazardous Journey. Chronicles A Day In The Life Of The Larkin Family, From Breakfast Cooked Over A Campfire, Until The First Watch Takes Up Duties For The Night.
children's Literature
this Thoroughly Researched And Abundantly Illustrated Book Tracks The Larkin Family As They Travel West To Oregon From Their Home In Indiana. The Year Is 1853-they Are Neither Among The First Nor The Last Overlanders To Set Out Along The Oregon Trail. Their Journal Entries Help The Author Tell An Authentic And De-glamorized Tale Of Pioneer Life. Neither Tragedies Nor Heroics Predominate Here, Just A Fascinatingly Personal View Of The Daily Reality For Travelers On A Wagon Train West.
Categories:
- Children's Books
- Geography & Cultures
- Multicultural Stories
- Geography & Cultures
Publisher : Puffin Books
Author : Erickson, Paul
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :1997-07-31
Number Of Pages : 48
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0140562125
ISBN-13 : 9780140562125
Item weight : 0.4 lb
Dimensions : 0.5 in x 7.9 in x 10.7 in
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