This would be a great book that explains frontier life in a hands-on way via quilt patterns and projects based on them. But where are the native Americans? When the pioneers traveled westward, it seemed the land was basically empty, except for the following paragraph: "But far and away the most important job the father had was to protect his family. The pioneers had followed wild game and Indian trails as they went west, and the pioneer father kept a careful watch for Indians and animals that might do his family harm." (p. 41) ( )