The journal of Jedediah Barstow, an emigrant on the Oregon Trail

Description

In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.

Subjects

Diaries Fiction Frontier and pioneer life Juvenile fiction Orphans Overland journeys to the Pacific Western stories Children's fiction Overland journeys to the pacific, fiction Orphans, fiction Frontier and pioneer life, fiction Diaries, fiction

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