Children of the Western Plains The Nineteenth-Century Experience

by Holt, Marilyn Irvin

• ISBN13: 9781566635400
• ISBN10: 1566635403
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-18
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee

Summary

Holt's book is the first in a new series that will emphasize the experience of children during different times and at different locales in the American past. In this book, Holt explores what life was like for youngsters who lived on the Great Plains in nineteenth-century frontier life.

Author Biography

Marilyn Irvin Holt is a former editor for the Illinois State Historical Library and a former director of publications for the Kansas State Historical Society.

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(6)
1 Perceptions and Expectations	9	(24)
2 Travel and Settlement	33	(24)
3 Family and Community	57	(24)
4 Education and School Building	81	(25)
5 The Work of Children	106	(22)
6 Play and Leisure	128	(21)
7 Matters of Life and Death	149	(22)
8 Common Threads	171	(6)
Notes	177	(28)
A Note on Sources	205	(6)
Index	211