| Edition |
[First edition]. |
| Description |
165 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm |
| Awards |
Newbery Honor Book, 1962. |
| Summary |
"A companion book to the author's 'Colonial Living,' describing the life of all the early settlers of the American [frontier] ... where they lived and how; what they wore, ate, used for furniture and tools; how they worked, played, traveled, went to school, worshiped and governed themselves." |
| Contents |
PARTIAL CONTENTS: Deepwater living. North America in 1725 -- Piedmont -- Southern valleys -- Great salient. Revolutionary War. Land ordinances, 1785-1790 -- Road and river -- Old Northwest -- Caravans to Santa Fe -- Fur trade and the Mountain Men -- Bitter road to Oregon -- Alta California -- El Dorado -- Cow hunt and the cowhand -- Sodbusters and the cattle drives. |
| Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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