In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.
year: 2002
call number/section: 1000
subjects: overland journeys to the pacific, fiction, orphans, frontier and pioneer life, west (u.s.), diaries, historical fiction, oregon national historic trail, juvenile fiction, fiction, west (u.s.)