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Author:

Friedman, Mel, 1946-

Title:

The Oregon Trail / Mel Friedman.

Publisher:

Children's Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

48 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Pioneers--Oregon National Historic Trail--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Pioneers--Oregon National Historic Trail--Social life and customs--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life--Oregon National Historic Trail--Juvenile literature.
Overland journeys to the Pacific--Juvenile literature.
Oregon National Historic Trail--History--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-45) and index.

Contents:

A great adventure : why did people travel the Oregon Trail? -- Claiming the West : who was the first European to set foot in Oregon? -- Trail opens : what was known as the "brown gold" rush? -- Hopes and dreams : who got to ride in a covered wagon? -- The big truth! : the man who saved the trail : who traveled east on the Oregon Trail in both a wagon and an airplane? -- Challenges along the way : what did pioneers worry about most? -- End of the trail : how did the first coast-to-coast railroad affect the trail? -- True statistics.

Summary:

Ages 8-12.

Series:

A true book

ISBN:

0531205843 (lib. bdg.)
9780531205846 (lib. bdg.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)318100497

LCCN:

2009014186

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

NKPD993 -- Eagle Grove Memorial Library (Eagle Grove)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)