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Wadsworth, Ginger

Words West: Voices of Young Pioneers

193 pp. | Clarion | October, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-618-23475-6 $$18.00
(4) YA This history of the settling of the American West uses excerpts from journals written by young pioneers (including those in the ill-fated Donner Party). The excerpts provide perspective, but young readers will have a hard time relating them to the larger picture of change in nineteenth-century America. Feature inserts highlight topics covered in the main text, supplemented by captioned archival images. Reading list, timeline. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Jack Forman

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