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Hunsaker, Joyce Badgley , Hunsaker, Joyce Badgley

Seeing the Elephant: The Many Voices of the Oregon Trail

(4) YA Hunsaker uses letters, diaries, and other primary documents to convey the experience of travelers on the Oregon Trail. The dense, academic text will be off-putting to some; for those who persevere, discussion questions, essays interpretating the sources, archival photographs, and a timeline enhance the presentation, which will be of more use in high school classrooms than for individual study. Bib., ind.

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