Children of the Wild West
Paperback – Illustrated, October 1, 1990
HarperCollins · Paperback · October 1, 1990
Historical photographs show what life was like for pioneer and Indian children growing up in the American West during the late nineteenth century.
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- Who it’s for
- Historical photographs bring pioneer and Indian children's lives in the American West into view.
- Themes
- Children's lives in the American West, Pioneer and Indian childhood, Late nineteenth-century life
- Genres
- 19th Century U.S., Native American Life (U.S.), Indigenous Canada
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Historical photographs show what life was like for pioneer and Indian children growing up in the American West during the late nineteenth century.
Westward Childhoods
Historical photographs bring pioneer and Indian children's lives in the American West into view.
Come here for
- A visual window onto childhood in the late nineteenth-century West
- Pioneer and Indian children considered within the same frame
Expect
- Historical photographs at the heart of the reading experience
- A focus on everyday life, not just frontier milestones
Where it sits
| 19th Century U.S. | 96% |
|---|---|
| Native American Life (U.S.) | 80% |
| Indigenous Canada | 20% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Native American Life (U.S.)
- Girls & Young Women
- Ancient History for Kids
- Holocaust for Kids
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- Colonial & Revolutionary U.S.
- 19th Century U.S.
- 20th Century U.S.
- Civil War Era (U.S.)
- Authors
- Russell Freedman
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 1, 1990
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Children's lives in the American West · Pioneer and Indian childhood · Late nineteenth-century life
- Reading lane
- Native American Life (U.S.)