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Go West, Young Women (Petticoat Party)

 
9780606117418: Go West, Young Women (Petticoat Party)
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When a disaster claims the men of their wagon train, spunky twelve-year-old Phoebe, her mother, sister, and other women rely on their own resources to complete the journey to Oregon in 1845

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The Petticoat Party series rolls out creakily with this lumbering tale of a wagon train that leaves Independence, Mo., in the winter of 1845, bound for the Oregon Country. In one of the 12 wagons rides the Brown family, spurred on by the promise of free land and suitable husbands for daughters Amelia and Phoebe. In an often stilted narration apparently attempting to mimic the parlance of the period, 12-year-old Phoebe tells how the party's 10 menfolk all tumble off a steep bluff while hunting buffalo. Six die and four are seriously injured, including Mr. Brown, whose character is reduced to a voice growling from the back of a wagon. Addressing the other women, Phoebe's mother announces it is time to "take charge of our own destinies." And indeed they do, under the direction of a spinster schoolmarm who pulls off such unlikely feats as fetching two ludicrously vacuous twins from a Pawnee camp after they run away from the wagon party to marry two would-be braves. Unfortunately, Karr's (Oh, Those Harper Girls!) pioneers have covered but 650 miles when they arrive at Fort Laramie at the close of this episode; a long 1400 remain till they reach their destination. Ages 10-up.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal:
Grade 4-6?A light, entertaining tale of adventure on the trail to Oregon in 1845, related by 12-year-old Phoebe Brown. The females of this wagon train are for the most part reluctant pioneers; their husbands and fathers are the moving force behind the journey. These men aren't terribly bright, and in their effort to save money, they commit a series of increasingly serious blunders that culminates in a buffalo stampede that leaves most of them dead. With the three survivors critically injured, the women take charge. Led by an intelligent and intrepid teacher, the wagon train continues on. This may sound rather grim, but the story is actually very amusing, if utterly predictable. Laura Ingalls Wilder is in no danger of being supplanted, but readers who like humor woven into their historical fiction are sure to enjoy it. Unfortunately, the dust jacket is unattractive.?Elizabeth Mellett, Brookline Public Library, MA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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  • PublisherDemco Media
  • Publication date1997
  • ISBN 10 0606117415
  • ISBN 13 9780606117418
  • BindingLibrary Binding
  • Number of pages200
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