Overland journeys to the Pacific
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The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
$20.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The triumphant true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling au
- Author: Letts, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 07, 2022
- ISBN10: 0525619348
- Language: English
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier
“An ideal pairing of talent and material. … Engrossing. ..
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Brown, Daniel James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 22, 2015
- ISBN10: 0061348112
- Language: English
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Science on the Oregon Trail
$9.99 Add to cartYou may have heard of the Oregon Trail. In the 1840s, more than 5,000 people traveled the Oregon Trail, hoping for a better life. But did you know that science played a big role in this epic journey? … [more below]
- Series: The Science of History
- Author: Enz, Tammy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1496696913
- Language: English
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The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
$30.00 Read moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The triumphant true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling au… [more below]
- Author: Letts, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0593414063
- Language: English
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Exploring the Oregon Trail: America’s Historic Road Trip
$22.95 Add to cartThe Oregon Trail, the route of the pioneers during the largest mass migration in United States history, was a long and difficult journey made by Americans nearly two centuries ago. This guidebook, ric
- Author: Scott, Kay W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493066072
- Language: English
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The Prairie Traveler
$12.95 Add to cartFilled with helpful information that was essential for safe travel west as well as a fascinating view of the strenuous life faced by prairie travelers before the era of the railroad.
- Author: Marcy, Randolph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 01 1986
- ISBN10: 918222893
- Language: English
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Bound for Oregon
$7.99 Add to cart“Basing her story on the published accounts of her true-life heroine, Mary Ellen Todd, Van Leeuwen describes a family’s tumultuous journey along the Oregon Trail in 1852.” —Publishers Weekly
With onl- Author: Van Leeuwen, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0140383190
- Language: English
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Washakie, Chief of the Shoshones
$19.95 Add to cartWashakie was chief of the eastern band of the Shoshone Indians for almost sixty years, until his death in 1900. A strong leader of his own people, he saw the wisdom of befriending the whites. Grace Ra… [more below]
- Author: Hebard, Grace Raymond
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 325
- Publish Date: October 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0803272782
- Language: English
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When Winter Comes
$19.00 Add to cartIn the voice of an unforgettable heroine, V.A. Shannon explores one of the most harrowing episodes in pioneer history–the ill-fated journey of the Donner Party–in a mesmerizing novel of resilience a… [more below]
- Author: Shannon, V. a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1496716507
- Language: English
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Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, an Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West
$30.00 Add to cartThe explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explored the American frontier, written by New York Times bestselling authors of Blood and Treasure Bob Drur
- Author: Clavin, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1250285836
- Language: English
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The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
$30.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The triumphant true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling au… [more below]
- Author: Letts, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0525619321
- Language: English
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The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny
$18.99 Add to cart“WESTWARD HO! FOR OREGON AND CALIFORNIA!”
In the eerily warm spring of 1846, George Donner placed this advertisement in a local newspaper as he and a restless caravan prepared for what they hoped wou
- Author: Wallis, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 29 2018
- ISBN10: 1631494007
- Language: English
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What Was the Donner Party?
$7.99 Add to cartLearn about the treacherous journey across the Sierra Nevada mountain range that isolated and trapped a group of pioneers heading to California for an entire winter in this latest addition to the New
- Series: What Was?
- Author: Hubbard, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593520742
- Language: English
