1 option
Facing west : a story of the Oregon Trail / by Kathleen V. Kudlinski ; illustrated by James Watling.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel Fiction 2770
Available in person
Request an item
Access options
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kudlinski, Kathleen V.
- Series:
- Once upon America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oregon National Historic Trail--Juvenile fiction.
- Oregon National Historic Trail.
- Oregon Trail--Fiction.
- Overland journeys to the Pacific--Fiction.
- Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Fiction.
- Asthma--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 58 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, 1996.
- Summary:
- As his family sets out from Missouri to Oregon, young Ben wonders whether he will have more trouble with the dangers of the journey or his debilitating asthma.
- Contents:
- The elephant
- Adventure
- Indian attack
- The divide
- Desert fire
- Rapids
- About this book.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Viking, 1994.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- ISBN:
- 0140369147
- 9780140369144
- OCLC:
- 35662758
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.