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In Pursuit of a Better Life
Language: en
Pages: 162
Authors: Liz Peretz
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-02-12 - Publisher:

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In Pursuit of a Better Life follows the travels of Judah Colt (1761-1832), son of a Connecticut farmer, who goes West soon after the War of Independence and the
Growing Up with the Country
Language: en
Pages: 372
Authors: Elliott West
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: UNM Press

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This illustrated study shows how frontier life shaped children's character.
America's First Western Frontier, East Tennessee
Language: en
Pages: 212
Authors: Brenda C. Calloway
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: The Overmountain Press

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Concentrating primarily within the period of 1600–1839, this narrative describes the first "Old West"—the land just beyond the crest of the Appalachian Moun
The Homestead Act and Westward Expansion
Language: en
Pages: 26
Authors: Irene Harris
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-07-16 - Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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In the 19th century, thousands of Americans left their homes behind and set out for a life on the western frontier. This period of westward expansion had a huge
Women in Waiting in the Westward Movement
Language: en
Pages: 402
Authors: Linda S. Peavy
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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Looks at the lives of the homebound wives of Western pioneers