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Which Way to the Wild West?
Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About America's Westward Expansion
By Sheinkin, Steve
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-59643-321-2
- Publisher
- Flash Point Roaring Brook
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2009
Gr 5-9 If Bill Bryson wrote history books for middle graders, they might read something like Sheinkin's offering. The former textbook author claims to have included all the "funny, amazing, inspiring, surprising, and disgusting stories" that his previous editors made him omit. The result is an engaging (though not necessarily introductory) chronological medley of anecdotes about the Wild West in nine lively chapters starting with the Louisiana Purchase and ending wi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2010
Sheinkin covers a lot of historical territory as he takes readers through the United States' westward expansion. He begins with the Louisiana Purchase and moves chronologically down the Oregon Trail, into the California Gold Rush, and along the transcontinental railroad, concluding with the takeover of all Indian lands. As he did in Two Miserable Presidents and King George: What Was His Problem? (both rev. 7...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
The book begins with the Louisiana Purchase and moves chronologically down the Oregon Trail, into the California Gold Rush, and along the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
