Customer Reviews

The Pioneers Go West (Landmark Books)

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I have used The Pioneers Go West as a literature set in my 5th grade classroom for two years now and will continue to do so. The students like the realism and adventure of the story. It was also a good supplement to our study of the Westward Movement. I recommend it to any teacher or student of history!

We love this book. My daughter needed it for a class at school, but it is a great book for the whole family.

We loved reading this book as a family to our son when he was 8, and we have given it to other families as their sons approach that age. It is also great for girls, but the concept of young men having to fend for themselves is worthwhile. One can never see the Truckee River the same way, or regard the geology of the Sierra Nevada as such an impediment to crossing the continent. This wagon train was the first to blaze the trail, and was followed two years later by the unfortunate Donner Party. One can understand how difficult the trail was and how stoically courageous the pioneers were.