Sacagawea: American Pathfinder (Childhood Of Famous Americans)

by Flora Warren Seymour

Paperback, 1991

Status

Available

Local notes

921 Sac

Barcode

6016

Collection

Publication

Aladdin (1991), 192 pages

Description

Describes how Sacagawea found adventure guiding Lewis and Clark to the Oregon coast.

Awards

Great Reads from Great Places (North Dakota — 2002)

Original language

English

Physical description

192 p.; 5.31 inches

User reviews

LibraryThing member t1bclasslibrary
This is a book about Sacagawea that focuses on her childhood and how brave and eager for adventure she is. Her travel with Lewis and Clark is almost a footnote at the end- her childhood adventures are the main focus. There's a lot of forshadowing of her travel, and I did wonder if some of it was
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just made up for the story. I did get slightly annoyed at how things were called by word with explanation word (like "tipi house") rather than just explaining what they were. I also noted that things were way altered to make them kid friendly- like Sacagawea's marriage.
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LibraryThing member Linyarai
A great classic.

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Pages

192

Rating

½ (15 ratings; 3.7)
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