Frontier Home: Life on the Illinois Prairie

Raymond Bial

Raymond Bial is the author and photo-illustrator of more than eighty critically-acclaimed books for children and adults, including Amish Home, Frontier Home, The Underground Railroad, Where Lincoln Walked, One-Room School, Nauvoo: Mormon City on the Mississippi River, and many others. The subjects of Raymond's books range from farm life to American social and cultural history and he has received numerous awards from the American Library Association, National Council of Teachers of English, Children's Book Council, and many other organizations.

Frontier Home: Life on the Illinois Prairie

In this slide presentation, photo-essayist Raymond Bial presents an overview of how people struggled to make homes for themselves on the Illinois frontier. Through this program, audiences gain a deeper appreciation for the self-reliance of early settlers.

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