The wagon train
By: Jill Bryant.
Series: Real life stories
Publisher: Weigl
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Mankato, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.; Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Juvenile literature.; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Overland journeys to the Pacific.; Pioneers -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; West (U.S.) -- History.; West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Briefly explores what it was like to travel across the country by wagon train, including first-hand accounts about such things as cooking on the trail and dangers to be faced.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 20) and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Safety in numbers; title: Packing the wagon; title: Wake up call; title: Daily life; title: The covered wagon; title: Cooking on the trail; title: The hardships; title: Map of the major westward trails.