Children of the western plains
Subtitle: the nineteenth-century experience
By: Marilyn Irvin Holt.
Series: American childhoods
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Pioneer children -- Great Plains -- History -- 19th century.; Immigrant children -- Great Plains -- History -- 19th century.; Children -- Great Plains -- History -- 19th century.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Great Plains.; Pioneer children -- Great Plains -- Biography.; Immigrant children -- Great Plains -- Biography.; Children -- Great Plains -- Biography.; Great Plains -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.; Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Genres: Biography.
Description: This book tells what life was like for youngsters who lived on the Great Plains in nineteenth-century frontier life. Chapters address a breadth of experiences and perceptions: why families came to the Great Plains and where they decided to settle; how families and communities were organized for education, work, and play; how health care, accidents, and mortality affected childhoods; and what children experienced outside the home.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-203) and index.