Wagons Westward Author:Armstrong Sperry At 15, Jonathan Starbuck was not big, but he was sturdy and independent. By the standards of his day, he was a man...and the men went west. So that spring of 1846, when the grass turned the plains to a sea of green, Starbuck left Independence with a wagon train heading for Santa Fe. The miles between were filled with danger and excitement,... more » and the pages give us images of mountain men and trappers, buffalo and Indians, frontiersmen and their families. "A great story of how the earliest wagon trains fared. Sperry's characters are vivid and memorable--Starbuck, his benefactor, Pierre LeRoux, Mother Applegate, even the beautiful Kentucky rifle his father gives him--the book opens new vistas of understanding and remains with you long after you have put it down." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)« less