Describes what life was like for pioneers on the American frontier in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, discussing what they ate, what type of work they did, where they lived, and challenges they faced.
Readers will learn about some of the unusual events during the American Revolution such as the tar and feathering of British supporters, battles taking place in farmers' fields, and patriot soldiers leaving the war to harvest their crops.
This book introduces young readers to the circumstances of the gold rush as well as surprising facts about the time period and the forty-niners' lives. Includes detailed photographs and illustrations of life in California gold country.
Readers will investigate how climate and heritage shaped each colony in the new America and the important, funny, and strange things colonists did there.
Describes what it was like to live in the West during the last half of the nineteenth century, covering outlaws, cowboys and ranch life, Native Americans, and more.
Including the many pairs of shoes that the travelers wore through and if children had to go to school, readers will learn surprising details about the trying life on a wagon train and the hardy emigrants who set out on these cross-country adventures.
