The journal of Jedediah Barstow, an emigrant on the Oregon Trail : Overland, 1845

Levine, Ellen.

Book 2002

In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.

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