I would suggest the following:
Giants In The Earth by Rolvaag (1927)--about upper midwest immigrant
farmers/pioneers
The Way West by A.B. Guthrie (1950)--Pulitzer Prize--about travel
Westward on the Oregon Trail
The Sea Of Grass by Conrad Richter (1936)--epic conflict between
ranchers and sodbusters
Travels Of Jamie McPheeters by Robert Lewis Taylor (1959)--won
Pulitzer--Huck traveling West
Buffalo Woman by Dorothy M. Johnson (1977)--both woman and native
american points of view
as West seen through life from 1820-1877.
By more contemporary authors
Home Mountain by Jeanne Williams (1990)--16 year old main character in
southwest frontier
Out Of Eden by Kate Lehrer (1996)--reminds one of Edith Wharton and
Cather or cross between
Jane Austen and Little House
Night Birds by Thomas Maltman (2007)--immigrant Minnesota farmers/
pioneers plus Native-
Americans--both pioneer motifs plus exemplifies contemporary author
Bob Hicks
Arkansas City High School Library
Arkansas City, KS 67005
bob.hicks@usd470.com
On Dec 15, 2009, at 11:55 AM, Joan Temple wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Our 10th grade American Studies teachers are looking for a novel
> about westward expansion and/or pioneer life as an alternative to My
> Antonia, which they have taught for the past few years. It
> should be less than 400 pages and written at around the 10th grade
> reading
> level. Any ideas? Thanks for any help you can send my way!
>
> Joan Temple
> Library Media Specialist (Grades 6-12)
> Shepaug Valley School
> 159 South Street
> Washington, CT 06793
>
> 860-868-6232
> templej@region-12.org
>
> Currently reading: The Yard Dog by Sheldon Russell
>
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