《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 2-5-Good starting points for children who are studying life in the early West. Sundling explains that cowboys came from many different backgrounds, and describes cattle drives and tools and accessories of the trade. Illustrations include full-color and black-and-white photos and reproductions as well as two maps. Pair this title with Andrew Santella's The Chisholm Trail (Children's, 1997) for a combined social and historical perspective of the life of the cowboy. In Women, the author discusses the reasons for moving West, and the harsh lives women experienced during the trek as well as in their new land. Recreational activities such as reading, dancing, and social events are described. Courtship customs, including dating and marriage, are compared to today's practices. The information is similar to that in Judith Alter's Women of the Old West (Watts, 1989), but Sundling provides a helpful map of the movement west. The black-and-white reproductions add a true sense of history to the writing; unfortunately, the full-color photos of reenactments are not always identified as such, which may mislead children. -Elizabeth Maggio, Palos Verdes Library District, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
Six thin volumes give sketchy descriptions of general history and the daily life of different classes of settlers on the American frontier. The information offered is slight, the organization scattershot, and the ample illustrations are a hodgepodge of period photographs and paintings, maps, and color photographs of actors dressed in period clothing working at reenactments. Glos., ind. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.