Pioneer Children On The Journey West

Illustrates the hardships and hopes of the children who traveled by wagon toward California in the mid-1800s through the journals, letters, and reminiscences of over one hundred participants

Auteur

Emmy E. Werner is a developmental psychologist and research professor at the University of California at Davis. She is the author of many books, including Through the Eyes of Innocents (Westview Press 2000); Reluctant Witnesses (Westview Press, 1998); Pioneer Children on the Journey West (Westview Press 1995).

Texte du rabat

Between 1841 and 1865, some forty thousand children participated in the great overland journeys from the banks of the Missouri River to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. In this engaging book, Emmy Werner gives 120 of these young emigrants, ranging from ages four to seventeen, a chance to tell the stories of their journeys west. Incorporating primary materials in the form of diaries, letters, journals, and reminiscences that are by turns humorous and heartrending, the author tells a timeless tale of human resilience.

Contenu

• Introduction Ho for California The Children of the Donner Party Rescue in the Snow The Kindness of Strangers Good-Bye Death Valley An Ordinary Journey Mayhem on the Gila Trail Seeking the Pot of Gold at Rainbows End Vulnerable But Invincible Postscript: Narratives of Mary Murphy, Sallie Hester, and Elizabeth Keegan