Daily Life in a Covered Wagon
Great for classroom lessons on the Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion!

In 1853, the Larkin family loaded up their wagons and headed west in search of a new life. But how did they do it? What did they eat? How did they survive sickness, and attacks from cattle thieves? Drawing on diaries and letters, and illustrated with photographs of actual object from the past, Daily Life in a Covered Wagon explored what life was really like on the wagon trail.
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Daily Life in a Covered Wagon
Great for classroom lessons on the Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion!

In 1853, the Larkin family loaded up their wagons and headed west in search of a new life. But how did they do it? What did they eat? How did they survive sickness, and attacks from cattle thieves? Drawing on diaries and letters, and illustrated with photographs of actual object from the past, Daily Life in a Covered Wagon explored what life was really like on the wagon trail.
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Daily Life in a Covered Wagon

Daily Life in a Covered Wagon

by Paul Erickson
Daily Life in a Covered Wagon

Daily Life in a Covered Wagon

by Paul Erickson

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Great for classroom lessons on the Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion!

In 1853, the Larkin family loaded up their wagons and headed west in search of a new life. But how did they do it? What did they eat? How did they survive sickness, and attacks from cattle thieves? Drawing on diaries and letters, and illustrated with photographs of actual object from the past, Daily Life in a Covered Wagon explored what life was really like on the wagon trail.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780140562125
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date: 07/01/1997
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 48
Product dimensions: 8.19(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.18(d)
Lexile: IG1120L (what's this?)
Age Range: 5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Paul Erickson is the author of several non-fiction books for young readers, including DAILY LIFE IN A COVERED WAGON and DAILY LIFE ON A SOUTHERN PLANTATION.

Table of Contents

Going West
The Family
The Wagon
Inside the Wagon
Daybreak
Hitching Up the Wagon
Rolling the Train
On the Trail
Landmarks on the Trail
Tribes of the West
Indian Country
Hunting
Children's Activities
Nooning
Mishaps
Crossing a River
Disaster
Stopping at a Fort
A Special Day
Sickness and Death
Setting Up Camp
Entertainment
Oregon at Last
The Wagon in Time
Glossary
Index
Places to Visit
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