On the Trail of Sacagawea

On the trail of Sacagawea
Written by Peter Lourie
Biography 4

I really liked how they added the prologue to the story. It gave great back ground information on why they went on the expedition in the first place.  The book is written as a family re-travels the path Sacagawea took to reach the Pacific coast. It is neat to see the pictures from today and then read about what they would have looked like when Sacagawea was traveling along that road. It was also nice how they broke down the sections in the book to specific things. You could read about the wild life around the Mississippi River, or learn about Powwows. It covered a lot of basic information that would have been important to Sacagawea. It was interesting to learn about the Tepee Rings they found in the dirt. It shows how people studying the Native American culture are able to still find information about how they lived just by looking in the dirt! The illustrations in the book are fantastic. They make you feel like you are right at home with the author, like he is taking this journey with you. There are some photographs in black and white that are compared to today's photograph of that same thing, or the place where it would have been. It is interesting to compare and contrast the two photographs. It shows us just how much our world has changed, since this exploration time period in our history.