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The promise of the West : young pioneers on the Overland Trails

Title
The promise of the West : young pioneers on the Overland Trails / Mary Barmeyer O'Brien.
Author
O'Brien, Mary Barmeyer
Publication
Guilford, Connecticut : TwoDot, 2015.

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Description
xviii, 180 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • Pioneer children > West (U.S.) > Biography
  • Pioneers > West (U.S.) > Biography
  • Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
  • Overland journeys to the Pacific
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Pioneer children
  • Pioneers
  • Travel
  • West (U.S.) > Biography
  • Overland Trails > Description and travel
  • West (U.S.) > Description and travel
  • United States > Overland Trails
  • West United States
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Map of trails -- Snowbound in the Sierras : the story of Virginia Reed -- A raven overhead : the story of Jesse A. Applegate -- To the land of gold and Italian skies : the story of Sallie Hester -- Wintering alone in the mountains : the story of Moses Schallenberger -- Wild roses for Louvina : the story of Mary Ellen Todd -- Woodpecker soup for supper : the story of Henry and John Ferguson -- Heartbreak and hope on the Applegate Trail : the story of Lucy Ann Henderson -- Provisions to the rescue : the story of Octavius M. Pringle -- And in my heart the meadow lark still gaily, sweetly sings : the story of Laura Elizabeth Ingalls -- Above and beyond the call of duty : the story of Welborn Beeson -- A child bride : the story of Mary Perry -- If I should die before I wake : the story of Elisha Brooks -- Orphaned on the Oregon Trail : the story of Catherine Sager -- Barefoot toward Zion : the story of Brigham H. Roberts -- One stew kettle to her name : the story of Martha Ann Morrison -- To the land of golden shores : the story of Charles Frederick True -- Trouble on the Gila Trail : the stories of Susan Thompson and Olive Oatman -- Trouble in Death Valley : the story of John Wells Brier.
ISBN
  • 9781493017263
  • 1493017268
  • 9781493017270 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2015023149
OCLC
  • ocn908714426
  • SCSB-1858485
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library