Discusses the Homestead Act under which the U.S. government gave away millions of acres of free land during the nineteenth century, and examines the challenges of life for pioneers in the American West.
year: 2005
call number/section: 978
subjects: frontier and pioneer life, west (u.s.), juvenile literature, pioneers, history, west (u.s.), history, 19th century, juvenile literature, 1890-1945, united states, territorial expansion