Black Frontiers- A History of African American Heroes in the Old West Donner Party awed by a landscape that

awed by a landscape that made him feel as if he were simultaneously strolling through an art museum and scrambling on a jungle gym like an energized child

and deep sky objects

Numerous historical photos and explanatory illustrations enhance the narrative

This highly visual

A simple key is tied to thorough descriptions of the various Sierra trees

Black Frontiers- A History of African American Heroes in the Old West Donner Party awed by a landscape thatMeet the black men and women who settled the Old West in this striking nonfiction middle grade book. From 1865 to the early 1900s, brave black people headed west in search of a new life on their own and with their families. Scouts and mountain men explored the unfamiliar terrain, miners panned for gold, and families homesteaded on the Great Plains. Black people were soldiers, business owners, and cowboys. These true stories from history are