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Journeys West Resources The American Memory collections American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1930-1940 An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera "California As I saw It": First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900 The Northern Great Plains Maps Collections: 1500-2003 Prairie Settlement: Nebraska Photographs and Family Letters, 1682-1912 Pioneering the Upper Mid West: Books from Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910 American Indians of the Pacific Northwest History of the American West, 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection of the Denver Public Library Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian: Photographic Images Other On-Line Resources The Oregon Trail: Historic Sites on the Oregon Trail National Archives and Records: The Louisiana Purchase The Mountain Men New Perspectives on the West The Gold Rush The Art of the Gold Rush Print Sources   Fiction Picture Books Bunting, Eve. Dandelions. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1995. Moss, Marissa. Rachel's Journal: The Story of Pioneer Girl. New York: Scholastic, 1998. Historical Fiction Gregory, Kristiana. Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847. New York: Scholastic, 1997. Gregory, Kristiana. The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West. New York: Scholastic. 1999. Meyer, Carolyn. Where the Broken Heart Still Beats: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker. New York: harcourt Brace. 1992. Myers, Walter Dean. The Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy. New York: Scholastic. 1999. Non-Fiction Hakim, Joy. Liberty for All? A History of US Series #5. New York: Oxford University Press. 2002. Smith-Baranzini, Marlene. USKids History: Book of the New American Nation. Covelo, CA: Yolla Bolly Press. 1995. Non-Fiction Picture Books Kroll, Steven. Lewis and Clark: Explorers of the American West. New York: Holiday House. 1994. Schanzer, Rosalyn. How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark. New York: Scholastic. 1997. Schissel, Lillian. The Way West: Based on the Diaries of Mrs. Amelia Stewart Knight. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1993. Poetry Turner, Ann. Grass Songs. New York: Harcourt Brace. 1993. Overview | Teacher's Guide | Student Page | Resources