Frontier and pioneer life

Witch Child

In 1659, fourteen-year-old Mary Newbury keeps a journal of her voyage from England to the New World and her experiences living as a witch in a community of Puritans near Salem, Massachusetts.

1600-1775, Colonial period, Diaries, fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, History

Witch Child

Celia Rees

In 1659, fourteen-year-old Mary Newbury keeps a journal of her voyage from England to the New World and her experiences living as a witch in a community of Puritans near Salem, Massachusetts.

Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775, Diaries, Frontier and pioneer life, History, Juvenile fiction

Where the Broken Heart Still Beats

Carolyn Meyer

Having been taken as a child and raised by Comanche Indians, thirty-four-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker is forcibly returned to her white relatives, where she longs for her Indian life and her only frien

1827?-1864, Comanche Indians, fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, Indian captivities

Westward Expansion

Michael V. Uschan

Describes the history of American westward expansion including the exploration of the frontier to the Pacific Ocean, the establishment of the Lone Star State and the Mormon kingdom of Deseret, Manifes

Discovery and exploration, Frontier and pioneer life, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Territorial expansion, United States

Cowboys and Cattle Country

Details life of cowboys in America through modern day.

Cowhands, Frontier and pioneer life, Ranch life

My Daniel

Pam Conrad

Ellie and Stevie learn about a family legacy when their grandmother tells them stories of her brother's historical quest for dinosaur bones on their Nebraska farm.

Dinosaurs, fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, Nebraska, Siblings