Cover of Daily Life in a Covered Wagon

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 photograps of actual object from the past, Daily Life in a Covered Wagonexplored what life was really lik eon the wagon trail.

Subject
historysocial science
Genre
historical fiction
Themes
american historyteachers
Setting
american west
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 48 pages

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