Explorers, Missionaries, and Trappers

by Kieran Doherty

Presents the founding of the American West through the lives of explorers and settlers such as Eusebio Kino in Arizona, Junipero Serra in Spanish California, and Brigham Young in Utah. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1881508528
• ISBN13: 9781881508526
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Oliver Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

A superbly presented American West biographical survey.

This survey of early trailblazers of the West tells of some of the earliest explorers to shape America, from missionaries to trappers and explorers. Excerpts from letters and primary sources accompany biographies which cover about 18 pages each and which include plenty of background about the area as well as details about the individual's impact. Included are features of John Sutter, Brigham Young, the Whitmans and more.