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Author:

Doherty, Kieran

Title:

Explorers, missionaries, and trappers : trailblazers of the West / Kieran Doherty.

Publisher:

Oliver Press,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

176 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--West (U.S.).--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Missionaries--West (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Trappers--West (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-169) and index.

Contents:

Brigham Young and the Mormon Zion of Utah. Eusebio Kino and the missions of Arizona -- Junipero Serra and Spanish California -- John Sutter and the opening of California -- John McLoughlin and the British Northwest -- The Whitmans and the mission in Washington -- Peter de Smet and the Montana and Idaho missions -- Brigham Young and the Mormon Zion of Utah.

Summary:

Presents the founding of the American West through the lives of explorers and settlers such as Eusebio Kino in Arizona, Junipero Serra in Spanish California, and Brigham Young in Utah.

Series:

Shaping America

ISBN:

9781881508526 (lib. bdg.) :
1881508528 (lib. bdg.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40538278

LCCN:

98054636

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

SHPC094 -- Denver Public Library (Denver)