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Blackwood, Gary L.

Life on the Oregon Trail

111 pp. | Lucent | March, 1999 | Library ISBN 1-56006-540-0 $$22.45
(4) YA Way People Live series. Blackwood profiles the brave folks who crossed the continent on the Oregon Trail in the mid-1800s. As expected, their motives and challenges are covered, but refreshing emphasis is placed on the mundane details of their lives. (It's wryly noted that emigrants' diaries omit mention of how they performed bodily functions while traveling.) The title's only shortcoming is its grainy and drab black-and-white illustrations. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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