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Title The foul, filthy American frontier : the disgusting details about the journey out West / by Heather E. Schwartz.

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Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, c2010.

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Meadowlark Non-Fiction	978.02 SCH	---	Available

Description	32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 23 cm.
Series	Fact finders. Disgusting history
	Fact finders. Disgusting history.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Contents	American frontier 1841-1866 -- Journey begins -- Toughing it out -- Stops along the trail -- Cooking with dung -- Water worries -- Deadly conditions -- Donner Party -- Disease and death -- Grave situations -- Filthy homesteads -- Search for food -- New dangers.
Summary	"Describes disgusting details about daily life in the American frontier, including housing, food, and sanitation"--Provided by publisher.
Audience	"RL: 3-4; IL: 3-5"--P. [4] of cover.
	Lexile: 830.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader ATOS RL 134636 zLARK [LIBRARY]
Subject	Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
	Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Juvenile literature.
	West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
	Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
	Overland journeys to the Pacific.
	West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Added Title	American frontier
ISBN	9781429639576 (library binding)
	1429639571 (library binding)
Standard No.	QBX a 09031862
	AU@ 000044576298