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Deuteronomy 4:10 KJV

 

Books of the Westward Expansion Era

We Were There With Lewis and Clark

By James Munves

We Were There with Lewis & Clark by James MunvesAmerican Home School Publishing has reprinted this excellent title from the We Were There With series.  Originally published in the 1950s, We Were There With Lewis and Clark chronicles the famous expedition.

Ages 8-14

9780977900008

List $13.95

Sale $12.49

We Were There on the Oregon Trail

By William O. Steele

We Were There on the Oregon Trail by William O. SteeleAmerican Home School Publishing has reprinted this excellent title from the We Were There With series.  Originally published in the 1950s, We Were There on the Oregon Trail provides and "historical fiction account" of a young man who travels to Oregon to find his father. Takes place in the 1840s.

Ages 8-14

9780977900046

List $13.95

Sale $12.49

We Were There With the Pony Express

By William O. Steele

We Were There with the Pony Express by William O. SteeleAmerican Home School Publishing has reprinted this excellent title from the We Were There With series.  Originally published in in the 1950s, We Were There With the Pony Express is a fictional account of the days of the Pony Express.

Ages 8-14

9780977900039

List $13.95

Sale $12.49

Beneath the Sky of an Angry God

By John Jenkins and Mark Weaver, Reconciliation Press

"Daniel Sweetwater is a sixteen-year-old Delaware Indian living with his preacher father among the Cherokee in 1838.  He and father are forced to march with the last remnants of the Cherokee nation on a 1000-mile journey from their homes in Georgia to a reservation in the Oklahoma Territory.

"Beneath the Sky of an Angry God is the first book in the Discovery historical fiction series that follows the lives and adventures of young people over several generations.  Like Daniel, they struggle to make their way in a growing and changing 19th-century America and to triumph amid the century-long spiritual conflicts that have shaped our nation past and present.

Grades 5 to 8

9781888565027

List $4.95

Buffalo Bill

Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire

9780964380370

List $12.95

Cabin Faced West

Jean Fritz

9780140322569

List $5.99

Captain Bayley's Heir Hardcover Edition

By G. A. Henty, Republished by PrestonSpeed

A Tale of the Gold Fields of California takes place in America around 1849

9781931587525

List $21.99

Sale $17.49

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Jean Lee Latham

9780618250745

$6.95

City of Lies

By John Jenkins and Mark Weaver, Reconciliation Press

"Providence reunites Christine Thompson and Adam Vestry four years following their first adventure in The Invisible Empire.  the year is 1876.  Chicago, just five years after the Great Fire, continues to rebuild its reputation as Queen of the West.  That nation stands on the threshold of greatness, and a hope in progress reigns.

"City of Lies is Book Two in the Century War Chronicles of Freedom Series."

Grades 6 and up

9781888565041

List $7.95

Home in a Wilderness Fort: Copper Harbor, 1844

By Charlotte Otten

From the back cover of Home in a Wilderness Fort comes this description:

"In 1844, ten-year-old Josette travels through the wilderness to Copper Harbor, Michigan with her sister adn brother-in-law, an officer in the U.S. Military who ahs been summoned to help build Fort Wilkins in this remote part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.  It is not an easy journey aboard the sailing ship John Jacob Astor. Upon her arrival she explores her new world and is introduced to native culture, military camp life, and the dangers of the wilderness. Resourceful, open-hearted Josette gets in trouble. First, she wanders out into a lake in a canoe, alone.  Then she has an encounter with bears where she is rescued by an Indian girl named Maria and taken back to Maria's camp.  the meeting and friendship of these two girls closes the gap of suspicion between the two cultures as they learn about each other.  The spirit of this pioneer girl and her many thrilling adventures is a boon to children's knowledge of American history.  The factual content regarding Fort Wilkins, its officers, and daily life is historically accurate."

Ages 7-12

Michigan 1844

 

9780976610458

List $11.95

Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror 1801-1805

Joseph Wheelan

In Jefferson's War, the author captures the story of America's first war against terror and the nations that supported it. With telling illustrations, "Jefferson's War" traces the events surrounding the evolution of the third president's resolute belief that peace with the Barbary States, and respect from Europe, could be achieved only through the "medium of war."

In this book you will also learn how the United States Navy grew strong enough to beat the British in the War of 1812.

9780786714049

List $16.95

Sale $15.00

Johnny Appleseed, God's Faithful Planter, John Chapman

By David Collins, Sowers Series

Early America

9780880621342

List $7.99

Sale $6.99

The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark

Rhoda Blumberg

9780688144210

List $12.95

Invisible Empire

By John Jenkins and Mark Weaver, Reconciliation Press

"Josiah Washington, a sixteen-year old former slave longs to experience the true meaning of freedom in 1870's Philadelphia.  An act of kindness sets Josiah at odds with Adam, the seventeen-year-old son of an influential white newspaperman who is secretly plotting to bring the Ku Klux Klan into the North.

"The Invisible Empire is the first book in the Century War Chronicles of Freedom Series .  Josiah and Adam are but two in a line of young men and women who must struggle into adulthood and triumph through the century-long spiritual conflicts that have shaped our nation."

Grades 6 and up

9781888565034

List $7.95

Lewis and Clark Expedition Coloring Book*

Used for Intermediate Level.

If you like to supplement your history studies with coloring books, then you might like Dover Historical Coloring Books.

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9780486245577

List $3.95

Moccasin Trail

Eloise Jarvis McGraw

9780140321708

List $6.99

Of Courage Undaunted Across the Continent with Lewis and Clark

9781893103023

List $16.95

Pioneers Go West

Landmark Books

9780394891804

List $5.99

Sacajawea, Guide to Lewis and Clark

By Della Rowland

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9780440402152

List $4.99

Revised 05/16/08