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Pioneer Children on the Journey West

Paperback • 1996 • English

Pioneer Children on the Journey West

By Emmy E. Werner

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About the book

Between 1841 and 1865, some forty thousand children participated in the great overland journeys from the banks of the Missouri River to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. In this engaging book, Emmy Werner gives 120 of these young emigrants, ranging from ages four to seventeen, a chance to tell the stories of their journeys west.Incorporating primary materials in the form of diaries, letters, journals, and reminiscences that are by turns humorous and heartrending, the author tells a timeless tale ...Show more

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ISBN

9780813320274

Publisher

Basic Books

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

Pioneer Children on the Journey West

Format

Paperback

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