If you traveled west in a covered wagon
By: by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Elroy Freem
Contributors: Freem, Elroy, ill
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780590451581
Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific; Juvenile literature; Frontier and pioneer life
Description: Tells you what it was like to be a pioneer and travel west to Oregon in the 1840s.
Table of contents: title: What was the Oregon Territory?; title: Why did some people want to travel all the way to Oregon?; title: What was a covered wagon?; title: What was a wagon train?; title: Did anybody lead the wagon train?; title: What was a "trail guide"?; title: What kinds of people traveled West?; title: What would your family bring in their covered wagon?; title: What was the best time of year to start the trip?; title: How would you cross rivers when there were no bridges?; title: How far would you travel in a day?; title: Would you ride in the wagon for the whole trip?; title: What were the dangers and difficulties of the trip?; title: Where would you sleep?; title: What kinds of clothes did people wear?.