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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 photographs of actual object from the past, Daily Life in a Covered Wagon explored what life was really like on the wagon trail.

Daily Life in a Covered Wagon

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    A Paperback / softback by Paul Erickson

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      Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/07/1997
      ISBN13: 9780140562125, 978-0140562125
      ISBN10: 0140562125

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 photographs of actual object from the past, Daily Life in a Covered Wagon explored what life was really like on the wagon trail.

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