United States Westward Expansion
Teaching Resources Center, Joyner Library
A Selective Bibliography
Titles in the Teaching Resources Center are cataloged with Dewey call numbers and are preceded by Curric. Please ask
someone at the Teaching Resources Service Desk if you need any assistance.
BIOGRAPHY
Furbee, Mary. Anne Bailey: Frontier Scout. Greensboro, NC: Morgan Reynolds,
2002.
B
B151F
Gregson, Susan R. James Beckwourth: Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer.
Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point Books, 2006.
B
B3897G
Hopkinson, Deborah. Home on the Range: John A. Lomax and His Cowboy Songs.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
B
L837H
Nelson, Sharlene and Ted. Jedediah Smith. New York: Franklin Watts, 2004.
B
SM613N
North, Sterling. George Washington: Frontier Colonel. New York: Sterling Publishing
Company, 2006.
B
W277N
Robinson, J. Dennis. Jesse James: Legendary Rebel and Outlaw. Minneapolis, MN:
Compass Point Books, 2007.
B
J234R
Robison, Nancy. Buffalo Bill. New York: Franklin Watts, 1991.
B
B863R
Streissguth, Thomas. Daniel Boone. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, 2002.
B
B64445ST
Summitt, April R. Sacagawea: A Biography. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 2008.
B
SA141S
EASY
Blair, Eric. Johnny Appleseed: a Retelling of the Classic Tall Tale. Minneapolis,
Picture Window Books, 2005.
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E
B575J
Blair, Eric. The Legend of Daniel Boone. Minneapolis, Picture Window Books, 2005.
E
B575L
Coerr, Eleanor. The Josephina Story Quilt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. (Other title
from author: Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express)
E
C651J.B
Gerrard, Roy. Wagons West! New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996.
E
G32W
Hopkinson, Deborah. Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a
Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and
Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains. New York: Atheneum Books for
Young Readers, 2004.
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H7773A
Thomas, Joyce Carol. I Have Heard of a Land. New York: HarperCollins, 1998.
E
T3646I
FICTION
Holm, Jennifer. Boston Jane: The Claim. New York: HarperCollins, 2004. (Other
titles from author: Boston Jane: An Adventure, Boston Jane: Wilderness Days)
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H7302BOC
Lawlor, Laurie. Addie Across the Prarie. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 2002.
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L427AD
Schaefer, Jack. Shane. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
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SCH13S
Woodruff, Elvira. Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail. New York: Knopf, 1994.
F
W8066DEL
Wrede, Patricia C. Thirteenth Child. New York: Scholastic Press, 2009.
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W925FM1
NONFICTION
Bard, Jessica. Lawmen and Outlaws: the Wild, Wild West. New York: Children’s
Press, 2005.
978.02
B235L
Bial, Raymond. Frontier Settlements. New York: Children’s Press, 2004.
978
B4702FR
Burnett, Linda. Pioneers: Adventure in a New Land. New York: Children’s Press,
2005.
978
B9346P
Burrows, John. Lewis & Clark: Blazing a Trail West. New York: Sterling, 2008.
917.804
B9466L
2
Curlee, Lynn. Trains. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.
385.09
C928T
De Capua, Sarah. The Wilderness Road. Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point Books,
2006.
973.2
D3554W
Freeman, Russell. In the Days of the Vaqueros: America’s First True Cowboys. New
York: Clarion Books, 2001.
636.2
F875I
Glaser, Jason. The Buffalo Soldiers and the American West. Mankato, MN: Capstone
Press, 2006.
978
G462B
Glass, Andrew. Mountain Men: True Grit and Tall Tales. New York: Doubleday
Books for Young Readers, 2001.
978.02
G463M
Graves, Kerry A. Going to School in Pioneer Times. Mankato, MN: Blue Earth Books,
2002.
370
G785GI
Jones, Charlotte Foltz. Westward Ho!: Eleven Explorers of the West. New York:
Holiday House, 2005.
910
J7125W
Landau, Elaine. The Homestead Act. New York: Children’s Press, 2006.
978
L231H
Lassieur, Allison. Westward Expansion: An Interactive History Adventure. Mankato,
MN: Capstone Press, 2008.
978
L337W
Levy, Janey. Mapping America's Westward Expansion: Applying Geographic Tools
and Interpreting Maps. New York: Rosen Central, 2006.
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L5796M
McCarthy, Pat. Heading West: Life with the Pioneers: 21 Activities. Chicago, IL:
Chicago Review Press, 2009.
978
M1276H
McPherson, James M. Into the West: From Reconstruction to the Final Days of the
American Frontier. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2006.
978
M2423I
Morley, Jacqueline. You Wouldn’t Want to be an American Pioneer!: A Wilderness
You’d Rather not Tame. New York: Franklin Watts, 2002.
978
M827Y
Patent, Dorothy. Homesteading: Settling America’s Heartland. New York: Walker,
1998.
978
P272H
Quasha, Jennifer. Covered Wagons: Hands-On Projects about America’s Westward
Expansion. New York: PowerKids Press, 2001.
978
Q28C
Quasha, Jennifer. Gold Rush: Hands-On Projects about Mining the Riches of
California. New York: PowerKids Press, 2001.
979.4
Q28G
3
Quay, Sara E. Westward Expansion. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.
978
Q29W
Raum, Elizabeth. The California Gold Rush: An Interactive History Adventure.
Mankato, MN: Capstone Press, 2008.
979.4
R192C
Santella, Andrew. Mountain Men. New York: Children’s Press, 2003.
978.02
SA594M
Sheinkin, Steve. Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks didn't
Tell You about America's Westward Expansion. New York: Roaring Brook
Press, 2009.
978.02
SH42W
Somervill, Barbara A. The Gold Rush: Buried Treasure. New York: Children’s Press,
2005.
979.4
SO545G
Tieck, Sarah. Oregon Trail. Edina, MN: ABDO Pub. Co., 2008.
978
T44O
Warren, Andrea. Pioneer Girl: Growing Up On the Prairie. New York: Morrow
Junior Books, 1998.
978.2
W251P
Wroble, Lisa. Kids in Pioneer Times. New York: PowerKids Press, 1997.
978.02
W924K
VIDEOS
How the West Was Lost. Bethesda, MD: Discovery Enterprises Group, 1993. 3
volumes.
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H68
O Pioneers! Based on the novel by Willa Cather. S.I.: Monterey Home Video, 1990.
PN1997
.A87
O2
The Real West. New York: Ambrose Video, 1990.
F591
.R4
The West. Alexandria, VA: PBS, 1996. (DVD and Video)
F591
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