Wagon Train, Vol. 2
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Overview
What was it like to head out west in a covered wagon? How did the pioneers get their wagons over rugged mountains and across wide rivers? Hop aboard the wagon train and find out what life was like for American pioneers!
Follows a wagon trail to California in 1848 as hundreds of pioneers endure great hardships while traveling 2,000 miles of wilderness.
Synopsis
What was it like to head out west in a covered wagon? How did the pioneers get their wagons over rugged mountains and across wide rivers? Hop aboard the Wagon Train and find out what life was like for America's pioneers!
Children's Literature
Oftentimes writers are tempted to glamorize or at least prettify the facts for young children. This recent non-fiction entry in the well-respected "All Aboard Reading" series nicely avoids that trap. In simple language and with few words on each fully illustrated page, the true story of the hardships, frustrations, setbacks, and joys of wagon train travel is told. Readers follow one wagon train as it leaves Missouri, bound for California. Along the way, they share the pioneer experiences of fording rivers, climbing mountains, crossing deserts, meeting Indians, and reaching their goal! The illustrations complement the hard-working text with drawings that don't mince details, but do radiate the colors of the American heartland.