Describes the experiences of children and teenagers who made overland journeys in nineteenth-century America, including the California, Oregon, and Mormon trails, and presents profiles of ten individual children, adolescents, and sets of siblings.

An introduction to the lives of Lewis and Clark and to the exploratory expedition they led from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean in the early nineteenth century.

Introduces Meriwether Lewis and William Clark who, during their exploration of the West for Thomas Jefferson, captured a prairie dog and sent it to the President as a gift.

Chronicles the exploits of the mountain men who opened many trails and passages through the American West in the early nineteenth century.