Wagon Wheels
by Barbara Brenner, illustrated by Don Bolognese
NY. Harper Trophy Edition. 1984. 1st Thus. Hardcover (perma bound). 64pp. A Reading Rainbow book. Former owner's name inside front cover, Mild soil to rear cover, still a Near Fine copy.
Based on a true story. Formerly enslaved Ed Muldie and his family travel to Kansas in 1878 to claim land under the Homestead Act. Mother dies on the journey from Kentucky. They survive a difficult winter thanks to help from the Osage Native community. But in spring Daddy must leave the boys to find better land for farming.
