Montana historian Mary Barmeyer O’Brien’s latest book on Western frontier history The Promise of the West: Young Pioneers on the Overland Trails (TwoDot, $16.95) is a well-illustrated read for all ages. The strength of O’Brien’s volume is her subject which is overlooked by most who write about the Old West: children’s frontier history. With a succinctly written introduction that provides the reader with an excellent overview of the overland trails pioneers followed West, O’Brien tell
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