Carson, William G. B., 1891-1976.

Peter becomes a trail man : the story of a boy's journey on the Santa Fe Trail / original story by William G.B. Carson ; revised by William C. Carson ; illustrations by Pat Oliphant. - 1st ed. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2002. - 191 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

In the 1850s, twelve-year-old Peter takes his dog and heads west on the Santa Fe Trail to find his father, guided by "Uncle" Seth, who leads their wagon train through an Indian attack, desertion by greenhorns, a buffalo stampede, and other hardships.

0826328954 (cloth : alk. paper)


Frontier and pioneer life--West US--Fiction
Dogs--Fiction
Indians of North America--Fiction


Santa Fe National Historic Trail--Juvenile fiction
Santa Fe National Historic Trail--Fiction
West US--Fiction

PZ7.C24245

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