Sacagawea: Westward with Lewis and Clark

by Alana White

Book Overview

Sacagawea was a Shoshone teenager who, with her young son and husband, accompanied Lewis and Clark on their famous journey of exploration. This 128-page biography details her contributions to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0894908677
• ISBN13: 9780894908675
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Enslow Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 11 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 12

Customer Reviews

Wonderful and Accurate!

I thought this book was so well done. It's well researched and colorful. Kids and adults both should enjoy it....

No generalizations

I'm a historian who lives in Montana, and with so many stories about Sacagawea around, it's nice to find one that represents the facts and doesn't make generalizations and fanciful ideas about what might have been. Sacagawea didn't keep a diary, after all. That was done by Clark, so the documented information is limited and often biased. White's book gives a good feel for the terrain and pertinent information about the People of the Northern Plains, while it details the historical information and the incredible rigors of the trip. The bibliography offers good suggestions for further reading.

Living Through History

In April of 1805 Lewis and Clark began what was to be a historic exploration of the westernmost part of the North American continent. With them went a 16-year-old Shoshone girl, recently a mother, named Sacajawea. Throughout the long and often difficult journey Sacajawea proved herself to be intelligent and courageous--as author White says, a vital member of the team. Alana White is scrupulous as a biographer, giving us the known facts of the country and the events of those days. Within that framework, her admiration for this young woman shines through. It is difficult for most young readers today even to imagine making such a laborious trek, without adding the problems of carrying along a newborn baby. Stoic, courageous, and level-headed, Sacajawea left no written record of her life. All that we know of her is what Merriwether Lewis recorded of her in his journals. It is no small achievement that White makes this remarkable young woman come alive in her book.

This is a great book that teaches teens.

Sacagawea is a great book that teaches teens a little bit about the history of the United States. Sacagawea is a story about a young Shoshone woman who was only sixteen years old, Who help Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their expedition to the Pacific Coast. She was married to a man named Charbonneau who was the interpreter of the two young men. Throughout this story it tells you about the great adventure she and Lewis and Clark went throug when trying to go and come back form the Pacific Coast. I recommend this book for all teen agers who loves to read historical book. It will be a great experiece.