Sacagawea: Crossing The Continent With Lewis & Clark

Sterling Biographies

by Emma Carlson Berne

While traveling with the Corps of Discovery across America's then-uncharted West, Sacagawea-with a baby strapped to her back-endured unimaginable dangers. We know little about her thoughts and feelings, since she left no records of her own, but without her, Lewis and Clark certainly could never have succeeded. Emma Carlson Berne separates truth from legend, and offers some ideas on what eventually happened to this strong and fascinating woman.

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, History

124 pages, Paperback

First published October 5, 2010

About the author

Emma Carlson Berne is the author of the YA thrillers STILL WATERS and NEVER LET YOU GO (coming Fall 2012 from Simon & Schuster). She has also written the thrillers FIGMENT and CHOKER under the pen name Elizabeth Woods. She lives and writes in Cincinnati. Learn more about Emma and contact her directly at her website, www.emmacarlsonberne.com. Or check out Emma Carlson Berne Books on http://www.facebook.com/EmmaCarlsonBe... or follow her on Twitter.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

The 8yo and I read this right after reading . It was interesting to read two biographies of the same person in a row. It gave us a chance to talk about the work historians do, among other things. We both preferred this one. It seemed to give far more details and appeared to me to be more faithful to the idea that we don't know much about Sacagawea, as all we do know comes from her fellow travelers' diaries and they didn't write too much about her. Oh how we wish they had, though...or much better yet, that she had kept her own journal on the trek to the west coast. We both learned a lot.

[Kristie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book to be more interesting than I thought I would. I was only a little familiar with her life before reading this relatively short biography, and I liked learning more about her. Not a lot of records were kept of her life. Most of what is known came from the journals of Lewis and Clark during their Corps of Discovery expedition. And I learned there is actually some debate about when and where she died. Many historians claim she died quite young from illness, but apparently there is some evidence that she may have lived to be an old woman. So there is a little mystery there, too!

[Lid · Rating 5 out of 5]

This biography, I feel, would go along great with studies of Lewis and Clark’s journey. It really does go into bigger detail about the trip than you wouldn’t go over in class. I found it a bit boring at parts but it was great. It might be better for an an older child to read because it is at high level of reading.

[Pamela Ferguson]

Celebrating International Women's Day with this inspiring story. Sacagawea served as intrepreter, guide, medicine woman, forager, cook on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. She was also carrying and caring for a newborn child throughout this journey ... she was not paid for her expertise here. Her husband was paid. Hmmmm ....

[Rahul · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was watching this movie...."Night at the museum" there i got the reference of Sacagawea. little search on net increased my excitement, so i ordered this book on flipkart.com. Its a interesting book

[Gaynelle Gilbride · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent history story. I learned so much is a small book. The story is told through journals of Lewis and Clark. Her ability to translate languages from tribe to tribe helped ease the expedition. Blue beads were highly of value in trading items. Excellent history.

[Colleen]

Lucy is enjoying this book. It's advanced for second graders, but I like the balance between the pictures and the biographical information. I'm learning along with her!