num_pages: 40
description: In 1853, Amelia Stewart Knight left Iowa with her husband and seven children to seek a new life in the untamed wilderness of the Oregon Territory. Her authentic diary offers a rare firsthand glimpse of the trip. Traveling by covered wagon, the family faces terrible weather, rough roads, and sickness with courage and determination. In spite of many hardships, the pioneers never lose hope. Michael McCurdy's colored scratchboard art brings the settlement of the West vividly to life, and young readers will be fascinated by this true account of a dangerous and exciting journey.
language: English
title: The Way West: Journal of a Pioneer Woman
titlecomplete: The Way West: Journal of a Pioneer Woman
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 20
publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks