Homesteading
By: Jill Foran.
Series: Real life stories
Publisher: Weigl Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Mankato, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life -- 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 -- 19th century.; West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Brief text chronicles the activities of the homesteaders who settled the vast American prairies during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Features first-hand accounts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 20) and index.
Table of contents: title: A new life; title: Standing room only; title: Neighbors in need; title: Life on the prairies; title: The homestead; title: Disasters strikes!; title: Fun on the farm; title: The first free homestead; title: Learning more about homesteading; title: Compare and contrast; title: What have you learned?; title: Words to know/index.