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2) Wagon train
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Follows a wagon trail to California in 1848 as hundreds of pioneers endure great hardships while traveling 2,000 miles of wilderness.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Recounts the journey of the Donner Party which, in 1846, sought to travel from Independence, Missouri, to California but took an untried shortcut that trapped them in the Sierra Nevada mountains during a terrible winter.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of the well-known figure from the Old West, Kit Carson, from his childhood in Kentucky and Missouri, through his years as a trapper, explorer and soldier, to his death in Colorado in 1868.
11) Davy Crockett
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Company
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of David Crockett, the famous frontier settler, congressman, and defender of the Alamo.
13) Daniel Boone
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the legendary hero of the American frontier, emphasizing his skill as a woodsman, exploration of the Cumberland Gap, and relationship with native Americans.
14) James Beckwourth
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and career of the nineteenth-century hunter, trapper, and trader.
17) James Beckwourth
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Rosen Central Primary Source
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Surveys the life of Swiss/German immigrant John Sutter, on whose land gold was discovered in the mid-nineteenth century, spurring the California gold rush and westward expansion.
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