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The indifferent stars above

the harrowing saga of a Donner Party bride
2010
Provides an account of the harrowing experiences of twenty-one-year-old bride Sarah Graves after her family joined with the Donner party seven months into their journey to California in 1846, and, equipped with snowshoes constructed by her father, pressed on with fourteen other relatively young, healthy people in search of help after the travelers became stranded by a snowstorm.

Oregon Trail

2021
Would you have survived traveling the Oregon Trail? Make decisions and tally your score to find out. Written at a lower reading level with considerate text, these high maturity books are sure to grab struggling readers as they engage and play along. Also includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, sidebars, educational matter, and activities.

Enduring the Oregon Trail

a this or that debate
2021
"Thousands of American settlers endured the long trip of more than 2,000 miles between Missouri and Oregon in the mid-1800s. They were determined to make a better life for themselves. They faced many hardships and made tough choices. Now the choices are yours. Would you rather run out of food supplies or spare wagon parts? Would you ford the river and get across faster but risk your wagon overturning? Or would you take apart your wagon and float it across but risk delaying your time-sensitive journey? It's your turn to pick this or that!"--Provided by publisher.

Distant skies

an American journey on horseback
"Melissa Chapman was 23 years old and part of a happy, healthy, loving family. She had a decent job, a boyfriend she cared about, and friends she enjoyed. Yet on the first of May in 1982, she said good-bye to all of it. Carrying a puppy named Gypsy, she climbed aboard a horse and rode away from everything, heading west. With no cell phone, no GPS, no support team or truck following with supplies, Chapman quickly learned that the reality of a cross-country horseback journey was quite different from the fantasy. Her solo adventure would immediately test her mental, physical, and emotional resources as she and her four-legged companions were forced to adapt to the dangers and loneliness of a trek that would span over 2600 miles, beginning in New York State and reaching its end on the other side of the country, in California"--.

Oregon City or bust!

2018
"It's 1850, and you are continuing on the treacherous Oregon Trail and there are still months of adventure ahead. In these two books . . . you need to choose the right path in order to get you and your family all the way to Oregon City"--Back cover.

Hit the trail!

2018
"It's 1850, and you are setting off on the treacherous Oregon Trail. In these first two books . . . you need to choose the right path in order to get you and your family to the halfway mark on your 2,000-mile trek West"--Back cover.

A kid's life during the westward expansion

Examines what life was like during the Westward Expansion, exploring the clothing, schooling, family life, and more. Includes fact boxes, visuals, glossary, and index.
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Ordeal by hunger

the story of the Donner Party
1992
Presents the story of the ill-fated Donner party, which set out for California in 1846 and became trapped in a blizzard while crossing the Sierra Nevada mountains, incorporating diaries of survivors and other contemporary documents.

The prairie traveler

a hand-book for overland expeditions, with maps, illustrations, and itineraries of the principal routes between the Mississippi and the Pacific
1993
A reprint of the 1859 text which provides information and advice to pioneers bound for the western frontier. Includes a map, illustrations, and itineraries of the principal routes between the Mississippi and the Pacific.

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