Surviving the Oregon Trail

by Rebecca Stefoff

Book Overview

In the nineteenth century, over half a million men, women and children traveled west on the Oregon Trail. Stretching two thousand miles from Independence Missouri, to the Pacific Northwest, the Oregon Trail was the longest overland route used in the westward expansion. Crossing mountains and deserts, fighting disease, short of both food and water, pioneers endured many hardships to follow the trail west with their hopes and dreams of seeking fortunes...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0766039552
• ISBN13: 9780766039551
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 12