Splendid historical photographs and an accompanying text document the lives of white, black, native American and Asian children growing up in the American West during the 19th century. Frontier schools and celebrations are pictured and described as are the wagon train and “settling down” experiences—all from a child’s perspective. Indexed. (Age 7 and older)

This is a portrait of pioneer and American Indian children in the 19th-century West. It covers both the lives of settlers, crossing America in covered wagons and building log or sod cabins, and of the American Indians whose lives were changed by the new arrivals.