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Sheinkin, Steve

Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About America's Westward Expansion

260 pp. | Roaring Brook/Flash Point | July, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59643-321-2 $19.95

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Tim Robinson. The book begins with the Louisiana Purchase and moves chronologically down the Oregon Trail, into the California Gold Rush, and along the transcontinental railroad, concluding with the takeover of all Indian lands. Using plenty of humor, Sheinkin builds his conversational narrative around stories of the men and women who peopled the west. Maps and short biographies of principal figures complete the book. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2009