The Oregon Trail by Melanie Richardson Dundy

The Oregon Trail by Melanie Richardson Dundy

The Oregon Trail: Ollie's Great Adventure

Children's story narrated by Ollie, the ox pulling the covered wagon over the 2,000-mile Oregon Trail route in 1843. He pulls the wagon on the six-month journey with the Tyler family, Mr. and Mrs. Tyler and their son, Johnny. Included is a map from which children can learn, lists of supplies that the Tylers needed for the trip and details about covered wagons.

Ollie Ox also shares the spellbinding adventures of climbing and descending steep hills, making dangerous river crossings, and meeting and trading with various Indian tribes. Well-known trail landmarks like Ash Hollow, Courthouse Rock, Chimney Rock, Independence Rock, Devil's Gate and others are also featured. Additional illustrations include William Henry Jackson watercolors and contemporary photographs of sites along the trail.

Reviewed and endorsed by The Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA), the End of the Trail Interpretive Center in Oregon City, and WyoHistory.org.

It is estimated that 500,000 people made the 2,000 mile trek from Missouri to Oregon. Of that number about 40,000 were children.

Formats:
Kindle: $4.99
Perfect bound paperback: $12.95
Hardback: $21.95.

Website: ChildrensBooksByMelanie.com (no apostrophe in childrens)

Dundy, Melanie Richardson: - Melanie Dundy studied writing at Southern Illinois University and the University of Iowa. She currently lives in Oregon with her husband and 2 dogs. I have been fascinated by the story of the Oregon Trail since I was a child growing up just outside of Chicago. It's one part of history that belongs to children as much as it does adults since 40,000 children made the journey from Missouri to Oregon. I started writing children's books years ago when my son was dealing with some temporary physical problems that caused him to experience things differently from other children. I wrote books for him and enjoyed it so much that I just kept writing and writing.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780578422749
ISBN 10	0578422743
Title	The Oregon Trail
Author	Melanie Richardson Dundy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Mdct Publishing
Year published	2018-12-15
Number of pages	66
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.