Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell

Kristiana Gregory

Scholastic, 1997 - Diaries - 163 pages

Now that we're in the North Platte River Valley the air feels dry and thin. My lips are so chapped they bleed when I talk. The only thing to do is dip our fingers in to the bucket of axle grease and rub our lips every hour or so. It smells bad, it tastes bad, and the blowing dust sticks.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell; Volume 4 of Dear America
• Author: Kristiana Gregory
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, braille
• Publisher: Scholastic, 1997
• ISBN: 0590226517, 9780590226516
• Length: 163 pages