Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail - Tapa dura

In a series of letters to his brother Levi in Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Austin describes the events, hardships, dangers, and sights of his 1851 journey westward with a wagon train along the Overland Trail.

ack-and-white. In 1851, 12-year-old orphan Austin Ives joins a wagon train headed for California. As they make their way across the country, Austin writes home to his brother Levi, describing day-to-day life on the Overland Trail. In his own observant and vigorous voice, Austin tells of the everyday happenings--hunting game and fording streams--as well as more dramatic episodes, from devastating illness to complex encounters with Indians.