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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.
7) Daniel Boone
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of Daniel Boone, from his early years in Pennsylvania and Virginia through his exploration of land in Tennessee and Kentucky and later life in Missouri.
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Women played an essential role in the development of the West. Women of the American West takes a look at the daring, inventive, and determined women that helped shape the nation."--Publisher's website.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Another fan-favorite Hazardous Tale gets BIG! This special edition of Donner Dinner Party features a larger trim size, a deluxe package, and 16 pages of bonus material, including research photos, sketches, and mini-comics from the author. The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history, but it s also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the US, and the families and individuals who sacrificed...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A collective biography of eleven men who explored the American West in the 18th and 19th centuries, including ship's officers, fur traders, and Army officers. The men who opened the American West were a varied group. A number had grandiose dreams of glory, but only a few became famous. However, each fearlessly approached his journey and brought the world knowledge of the uncharted lands known as "the West." This absorbing group biography includes...
14) The Donner Party
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In graphic novel format, tells the story of the Donner Party's struggle to reach California despite harsh weather and starvation"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Many girls in elementary and middle school fall in love with the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. What they don't always realize is that Wilder's books are autobiographical. This narrative biography describes more of the details of the young Laura's real life as a young pioneer homesteading with her family on many adventurous journeys. This biography, complete with charming illustrations, points out the differences between the fictional...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. It wasn't until after she was sixty that Laura Ingalls Wilder started chronicling those times, which resulted in nine Little House books, a hit TV series that ran for eight years, and her own permanent place as a heroine of the American West"--
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