Lura's Oregon Trail Adventure (Letters Through Time)

By Ellen Anthony 10-year-old Lura Harding is traveling the Oregon Trail in 1850. Read her letters as she tells her family, her life and her love for reading. Follow along as the Harding family faces disease, treacherous river crossings, and Indians. Can Lura survive the trail? Will her six year old sister get caught sneaking candy? And what will they do when her uncle decides to leave the train? These fictional letters are historically accurate and reflect the living conditions, slang, and attitudes of the 1850s What They Are Saying About Lura’s Oregon Trail Adventure Lura's Oregon Trail Adventure is an excellent book for children reading about the Oregon Trail. The details of everyday life are fascinating and incredibly accurate. More importantly, Ms. Anthony hasn't stopped with the problems on the trail, but included songs, books, and the politics of the time. Lura's ambitions, the problems she faces, and the observations she makes of those around her are typical of a ten-year-old gi