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Author Harness, Cheryl.

Title The tragic tale of Narcissa Whitman and a faithful history of the Oregon Trail / written and illustrated by Cheryl Harness.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, [2006]
©2006

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB WHITMAN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA B WHITMAN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J 978 HAR    DUE 02-20-24 Billed
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J BIO WHITMAN, NARCISSA    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J-B WHITMAN, NARCISSA PRENTISS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J978 HAR    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Children's Department  J 973.6 HAR    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Children  J Biography WHITMAN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  JB-WHITMAN, N.    Check Shelf
Description 144 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note "The native peoples of the West, tough trappers & their fearless fur quests, mountain man rendezvous, and much, much more"--Cover.
"A Cheryl Harness history"--Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-141) and index.
Contents Over the river and through the mountains: Westward -- Beaver hats -- Narcissa -- Narcissa, Marcus, and dreams of glory: Medicine quest -- Marcus -- Hello, good-bye -- Spaldings -- Journey: February 19 - May 3 Angelica, New York, to Liberty, Missouri -- May 3 - May 26 -- Liberty, Missouri, to the Catch Up (Nebraska) -- May 26 - June 13 -- Across Nebraska along the Platte River Road, up to Fort Laramie (Wyoming) -- June 21 - July 18 from Laramie to the Green River rendevous -- Rendevous on the green -- July 18 - August 19 rendezvous (Wyoming) to Fort Boise (Idaho) -- August 22 - September 12 Fort Boise (Idaho) to Fort Vancouver (Washington) -- Rest of the way -- Oregon country: Father of Oregon -- Disappointments at Waiilatpu, Where the rye grass grows -- Dr. Whitman's great adventure -- Destiny: Orphans of the trail -- Great experiment -- Measles and blood -- World they left behind: Revenge -- Epilogue -- More information -- Ezra Meeker, Champion of the Oregon Trail -- Oregon Trail map -- Oregon Trail chronology -- Resources -- Index.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.1 3.0 109705.
Subject Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847 -- Juvenile literature.
Women pioneers -- Oregon National Historic Trail -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women missionaries -- Oregon National Historic Trail -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon National Historic Trail -- Juvenile literature.
Oregon National Historic Trail -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Juvenile literature.
Oregon Territory -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Oregon -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847.
Women pioneers -- Oregon National Historic Trail.
Women missionaries -- Oregon National Historic Trail.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon National Historic Trail.
Oregon National Historic Trail.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Oregon.
Added Title Narcissa Whitman and a faithful history of the Oregon Trail
ISBN 0792259203 hardcover
9780792259206 hardcover
0792259211 library binding
9780792259213 library binding
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