Bibliograph

Children of the western plains, the nineteenth-century experience, Marilyn Irvin Holt

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Children of the western plains, the nineteenth-century experience, Marilyn Irvin Holt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-203) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Children of the western plains

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

51898942

Responsibility statement

Marilyn Irvin Holt

Series statement

American childhoods

Sub title

the nineteenth-century experience

Summary

This book tells what life was like for youngsters who lived on the Great Plains in nineteenth-century frontier life. Chapters address a breadth of experiences and perceptions: why families came to the Great Plains and where they decided to settle; how families and communities were organized for education, work, and play; how health care, accidents, and mortality affected childhoods; and what children experienced outside the home

Table Of Contents

Perceptions and expectations -- Travel and settlement -- Family and community -- Education and school building -- The work of children -- Play and leisure -- Matters of life and death -- Common threads

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