The Oregon Trail and westward expansion / Kristin Marciniak.
Material type: TextSeries: Perspectives libraryPublisher: Ann Arbor, Michigan : Cherry Lake Publishing, [2014]Description: 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1624314198 (hbk.)
- 1624314953 (pbk.)
- 9781624314193 (hbk.)
- 9781624314957 (pbk.)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 978.02 M319 | Available | 33111007949924 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book relays the factual details of the Oregon Trail and the United States' westward expansion in the 1800s. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a pioneer, a Native American in a territory crossed by the trail, and a U.S. soldier at a government outpost. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives in the text while gathering and analyzing information about an historical event.
"A history perspectives book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Abigail Petersen: pioneer -- Kuckunniwi: Cheyenne tribesman -- Charles Mills: soldier at Fort Laramie -- Look, look again.
"This book relays the factual details of the Oregon Trail and the United States' westward expansion in the 1800s. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a pioneer, a Native American in a territory crossed by the trail, and a U.S. soldier at a government outpost."--Publisher's web site.