Elizabeth Goss My Way West : Real Kids Traveling the Oregon & California Trails

For kids who want to learn about what life was like on the Oregon and California Trails between 1840 and 1869, this fascinating history book features beautiful papercut illustrations to reveal the true experiences of real children who had traveled west. The book shows how these childrens courage, determination, perseverance, and hope defined the West for what it represents today. Between 1841 and 1884, more than 300,000 people40,000 of whom were childrenmoved over land across North America in search for a new start and better life. The journey presented challenges at every turn, from the initial preparations to the monthslong trip, and even after when the travelers reached their final destinations. Young emigrants played large roles throughout it all, with responsibilities ranging from hunting animals to gathering buffalo dung, or even caring for babies. Relying on real letters and memoirs of actual children on the trail, My Way West offers a fresh perspective so that readers, too, can smell the campfire smoke and see the dust kicked up by the wagon wheels. Learn about sevenyearold Benjamin Bonney from Illinois who was introduced to a new type of bread by Native Americans he met on the trail how thirteenyearold Heber McBride and his family from England were able to keep up with their traveling group what tenyearold Thocmetony of the Northern Paiute in Nevada thought of the travelers passing by her home what the difficulties twelveyearold Owen Bush met when his family,... | Elizabeth Goss My Way West : Real Kids Traveling the Oregon & California Trails