Books like Wagons West! by Roy Gerrard
A rhyming story of a family's journey by wagon train from Missouri to Oregon in the 1850s, with a daughter's cleverness in outwitting cattle thieves and overcoming challenges along the way.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Roy Gerrard
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