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  • The Oregon Trail

    Francis Parkman

    Paperback (Dover Publications, Nov. 15, 2002)
    Keen observations and a graphic style characterize the author's remarkable record of a vanishing frontier. Detailed accounts of the hardships experienced while traveling across mountains and prairies; vibrant portraits of emigrants and Western wildlife; and vivid descriptions of Indian life and culture. A classic of American frontier literature.
  • The Oregon Trail Trailblazer

    Jesse Wiley

    eBook (HMH Books for Young Readers, Oct. 8, 2019)
    This digital box set includes four Oregon Trail adventures where you choose the path to Oregon City. Featuring 8-bit black-and-white illustrations throughout, each book is its own unique journey West with more than twenty possible endings! The books featured are Wagon Train Trek, Alone in the Wild, Gold Rush!, and Calamity in the Cold. This bindup includes: 路Wagon Train Trek 路Alone in the Wild 路Gold Rush! 路Calamity in the Cold Ford rivers, hike mountains, and trek the Oregon Trail, young pioneer! On your way, you鈥檒l face wild animals, natural disasters, famine, sickness, unpredictable weather, and more. You'll also meet helpful strangers and encounter dishonest people鈥攚ho will you choose to trust? With more than twenty possible endings in each standalone book, each decision counts. Make the right choices and blaze a trail out west!
  • The Oregon Trail

    Sally Senzell Isaacs

    Library Binding (Heinemann, Sept. 8, 2003)
    Discover how between 1810 and 1870 more than 300,000 people traveled west to Oregon Country along trails that were once footpaths used by American Indians. Learn what it was like to join one of the wagon trains leaving Missouri.
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  • The Oregon Trail

    Gary Jeffrey

    Paperback (Gareth Stevens Pub Learning library, Jan. 1, 2012)
    Describes what life on the Oregon Trail was like for settlers.
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  • The Oregon Trail

    Jesse Wiley

    language (HMH Books for Young Readers, Oct. 16, 2018)
    In this collection, choose your own trail and complete the journey to Oregon City with all four books in this exciting series! It's 1850 and your first goal is to get your family, covered wagon full of supplies, and oxen to Chimney Rock on time. But hurry鈥攜ou'll need to make it through the rugged mountains before winter snow hits. Plus, there are wild animals, natural disasters, unpredictable weather, fast-flowing rivers, strangers, and sickness that will be sure to stand between you and your destination! Which path will get you safely across the unforgiving terrain鈥攆rom Independence, Missouri to Oregon City? With twenty-two possible endings in each book, choose wrong and you'll never make it on time. Choose right and blaze a trail that gets you closer to your final destination鈥攁nd don't forget to look at your map! The ebook includes:The Race to Chimney RockDanger at the Haunted GateThe Search for Snake RiverThe Road to Oregon City
  • Flowers on the Oregon Trail

    Lynn Garden

    language (, April 7, 2020)
    Driven by manifest destiny, seventeen-year-old Clara Hayes, Mama, and Papa join a wagon train to the Oregon Territory in 1846. Ever the dutiful, obedient daughter, Clara is given one command; stay away from the Briggs family. The decades-long feud between the two families comes to a head when Clara attracts the attention of Elijah Briggs. Clara becomes acquainted with Elijah through clandestine meetings under the night sky. In addition to navigating a journey fraught with danger, Clara must come to terms with her growing affection for Elijah and what it means for her relationship with her parents. Tracing themes of love and family in the same vein as Romeo and Juliet, this novella explores a young pioneer woman coming of age and finding love against the backdrop of a perilous journey on the Oregon Trail. About this SeriesLove in the Garden of Yesterday explores romance against a backdrop of various time periods and historical events. Each entry in the series follows a different heroine as she navigates the world (and relationships) around her. Despite the differences in setting and motivation, one constant remains the same: love. This series can be read in any order.Please note: novellas are short novels intended for a 2-3 hour read. Novellas in the series so far:Flowers on the Oregon Trail - 1846 Oregon Trail (featuring Clara Hayes, an Oregon Pioneer)Burning Sage - 1874 New Orleans (featuring Cosette Soule, a Voodoo Priestess)
  • The Oregon Trail Trailblazer

    Jesse Wiley

    Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, Oct. 8, 2019)
    This paperback box set includes four Oregon Trail adventures where you choose the path to Oregon City, plus more than five colorful decals. Featuring 8-bit black-and-white illustrations throughout, each book is its own unique journey west with more than twenty possible endings! The books featured are Wagon Train Trek, Alone in the Wild, Gold Rush!, and Calamity in the Cold. This box includes: 路Wagon Train Trek 路Alone in the Wild 路Gold Rush! 路Calamity in the Cold 路Colorful decals featuring 8-bit art Ford rivers, hike mountains, and trek the Oregon Trail, young pioneer! On your way, you鈥檒l face wild animals, natural disasters, famine, sickness, unpredictable weather, and more. You鈥檒l also meet helpful strangers and encounter dishonest people鈥攚ho will you choose to trust? With more than twenty possible endings in each standalone book, each decision counts. Make the right choices and blaze a trail out west!
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  • The Oregon Trail

    Jean F. Blashfield

    Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2000)
    An introductory history of the Oregon Trail and its significance in opening the west to settlers, including information on the people who opened the Trail, their reasons for going west, modes of transportation, and a description of a typical day on the Trail.
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  • The Trail

    Meika Hashimoto

    language (Scholastic Press, July 25, 2017)
    Toby has to finish the final thing on The List. It's a list of brave, daring, totally awesome things that he and his best friend, Lucas, planned to do together, and the only item left is to hike the Appalachian Trail. But now Lucas isn't there to do it with him. Toby's determined to hike the trail alone and fulfill their pact, which means dealing with the little things -- the blisters, the heat, the hunger -- and the big things -- the bears, the loneliness, and the memories.When a storm comes, Toby finds himself tangled up in someone else's mess: Two boys desperately need his help. But does Toby have any help to give?The Trail is a remarkable story of physical survival and true friendship, about a boy who's determined to forge his own path -- and to survive.
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  • The Oregon Trail

    Rachel Lynette

    Paperback (PowerKids Press, July 15, 2013)
    The Oregon Trail marked one of the major paths to the West. Readers learn why people embarked on this arduous journey, what life was like traveling along the trail, and the kinds of hardships faced along the way. Chapters trace the history of the Great Migration of 1843, the trails affect on settlement patterns, and the influence migration patterns had on Oregon statehood.
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  • The Oregon Trail

    Francis Parkman

    Hardcover (Palala Press, May 24, 2016)
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
  • The Oregon Trail

    Francis Parkman, David Levin

    Paperback (Penguin Classics, Dec. 16, 1982)
    On April 28, 1846, Francis Parkman left Saint Louis on his first expedition west. The Oregon Trail documents his adventures in the wilderness, sheds light on America's westward expansion, and celebrates the American spirit.