Westward Go! Fremont, Randy and Kit Carson Open Wide the Oregon Trail by T. L. Loftin
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$13.00
$13.00
Collectible, Very Good. Signed by author on first page, otherwise unmarked. 2000 Tee Loftin Publishers softcover book with 505 pages. Unmarked except for author's signature. Firm, square binding; no spine crease.
From the Author: "WESTWARD GO! is a book for readers age 10 to 100 who want to know the western America story. They'll find fascinating and enlightening the details of Fremont's 1842 journey to map for everybody's use the feared, mysterious trail across the Great Plains. It's also a book for readers who "hate boring history lessons," and need to see that history is actually a series of exciting stories about people and places, sights and happenings. Fremont's map and day-by-day account describe America's west as it was before covered wagons by the thousands began rolling across the Great Plains. He made going west possible for all, and within 10 years, more than a quarter of a million people, including '49ers heading for California gold, traveled the Platte River trail." Children's Book; Young Adult; Western History; Dramatized History; Oregon Trail
From the Author: "WESTWARD GO! is a book for readers age 10 to 100 who want to know the western America story. They'll find fascinating and enlightening the details of Fremont's 1842 journey to map for everybody's use the feared, mysterious trail across the Great Plains. It's also a book for readers who "hate boring history lessons," and need to see that history is actually a series of exciting stories about people and places, sights and happenings. Fremont's map and day-by-day account describe America's west as it was before covered wagons by the thousands began rolling across the Great Plains. He made going west possible for all, and within 10 years, more than a quarter of a million people, including '49ers heading for California gold, traveled the Platte River trail." Children's Book; Young Adult; Western History; Dramatized History; Oregon Trail