Bibliograph

The opening of the West, by Rebecca Stefoff

Type

Label

The opening of the West, by Rebecca Stefoff

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The opening of the West

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

48818098

Responsibility statement

by Rebecca Stefoff

Series statement

American voices from--

Summary

Presents the history of the westward expansion of the United States in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through excerpts from letters, newspaper articles, journal entries, and laws of the time

Table Of Contents

The way West -- The frontier -- The explorers -- Mountain men and miners -- The Overland Trail -- Women and children in the West -- Living and working on the land -- Building the new West -- The fate of the Native Americans

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification