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Beyond the Frontier: The Story of the Trails West

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By Edward F. Dolan
Publisher Marshall Cavendish Corporation - (Benchmark Books)
Beyond the Frontier: The Story of the Trails West
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Among the authors of this highly acclaimed series are Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer, Coretta Scott King Award winner James Haskins and noted author Raymond Bial. The series itself focuses on major population shifts in America and the driving forces behind them. The authors vivid accounts are given additional immediacy with the inclusion of excerpts from diaries, newspaper articles and letters.

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112 pages112 pages
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9780761409694

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