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Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
204 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
While traveling in 1883 with her Italian American family (including a meddlesome little sister) and other immigrant pioneers to a utopian community in Idaho, fourteen-year-old Teresa keeps a diary of her experiences along the way.
82) Thirteenth child
Author
Series
Frontier magic volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Eff must finally get over believing she is bad luck and accept that her special training in Aphrikan magic, and being the twin of the seventh son of a seventh son, give her extraordinary power to combat magical creatures that threaten settlements on the western frontier.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After the death of the stern aunt who raised them since they were orphaned, eleven-year-old Sallie and her fifteen-year-old sister escape their self-serving guardians and begin an adventure resembling those in the dime novels Sallie loves to read.
Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
[1961]
Physical Desc
126 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Related the adventures of six men including George Washington and Daniel Boone, whose explorations of the Appalachian Mountain area during the 17th and 18th centuries opened up the way west.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
133 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When the government removes their tribe from their sacred homeland in 1831, ten-year-old Minko and his father endure terrible hardships on their journey from Mississippi to Oklahoma, where Minko receives the name Longwalker.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
139 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories and music which describe the experiences of a pioneer girl and her family as they celebrate various Christmases In the Big Woods in Wisconsin, on the prairie in Indian Territory, and On the banks of Plum Creek.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Describes the people and events of the age of the Wild West in the year 1876. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspective of an outlaw, a lawman, and a fortune-seeker in Deadwood, Dakota Territory"--Provided by publisher.
88) Wagon wheels
Author
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shortly after the Civil War a black family travels to Kansas to take advantage of the free land offered through the Homestead Act.
Author
Series
Publisher
Editorial Noguer
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
5th edición.
Physical Desc
206 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
Español
Description
A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1845, Sammy, a Chinese American girl, and Annamae, an African American slave girl, disguise themselves as boys and travel on the Oregon Trail to California from Missouri"--
Author
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
619 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Even before his birth, Danny Duly relates his life story as his mother leaves his father in a Chicago asylum in 1866 and heads for her sister's home in the boomtown of Virginia City, encountering many colorful characters and giving birth to Danny along the way.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Describes the people and events of the age of Manifest Destiny and the American West. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspective of a traveler on the Oregon Trail, a laborer, or a Sioux warrior"--Provided by publisher.
93) Hattie Big Sky
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 CDs (6 hrs. 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Taking place in 1854, Kirsten's stories follow the young Swedish immigrant and her family as they attempt to start a new life on a farm in frontier Minnesota. This collection includes: Meet Kirsten, Kirsten Learns a Lesson, Kirsten's Surprise, Happy Birthday, Kirsten!, Kirsten Saves the Day, and Changes for Kirsten."--Container.
Publisher
Playaway View
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 video media player (43 min.) : digital, sound, color ; 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
The curious garden: One boy's quest for a greener world ... one garden at a time. A little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world. An enchanting tale with environmental themes and breathtaking illustrations.
Johnny Appleseed: John Chapman was his real name, but almost everyone remembers him by his legendary...
Author
Pub. Date
[1989]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
After traveling from Connecticut to Ohio in 1800 to start a new life in the settlement of Aurora, the Sheldons find that they are the first family to arrive there and realize that they will be starting a new community by themselves.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
First Harcourt Young Classics edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 123 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1782, nine-year-old Andy, his family, and neighbors make a dangerous journey by flatboat down a thousand miles of the Tennessee River to make a new home.
98) Warm as wool
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1992]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When Betsy Ward's family moves to Ohio from Connecticut in 1803, she brings along a sockful of coins to buy sheep so that she can gather wool, spin cloth, and make clothes to keep her children warm.
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