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Benjamin Franklin Silver Award
Get the fever, "Western Fever," that is, and join a family of six as they pull up roots in the East, travel by canal, rail, and steamer to Independence, Missouri, and set off on the Oregon Trail. Buy supplies, build a prairie schooner, craft a treasure trunk, and live a day on the trail. Learn from Native Americans, make life or death decisions, and share adventures with other pioneers on America's historic journey West.
Going West!
Journey on a Wagon Train to Settle a Frontier Town
by Carol A. Johmann & Elizabeth J. Rieth
illustrated by Michael Kline
Williamson Publishing Company - A Kaleidoscope Kids!® Book
Ages 8-14, 96 pages, index, $10.95 US
Over 100 illustrations and photos
Published October 2000
ISBN 1-885593-38-4
Reviews
"A good combination of history lesson, craft instruction, critical-thinking activities, and story. The interweaving of various types of writing, viewpoints, and activities results in an animated and interesting whole that will appeal to readers...the addition of a story is likely to encourage children to read it from cover to cover."
---School Library Journal
"Spurts of friendly, informative narrative relating to different aspects of travel along the Oregon Trail link such projects as building a model prairie schooner and constructing a miniature Fort Laramie."
---Publisher's Weekly
Carol Johmann, Ph.D.
Children's Author
