The Santa Fe Trail

by David Lavender

Scholastic

64 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1995

About the author

David Sievert Lavender was a well-known historian of the Western United States, nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize, who is best remembered by many for his River Runners of the Grand Canyon.

Lavender spent most of his life in Ojai, California. An articulate and deeply knowledgeable speaker on the political and social history of the American West, he often spoke at the annual Telluride Film Festival.

Reviews

[LaRae☕️]

This is a non-fiction children's book, which I read in response to a friend’s challenge to read an author from the state I live in. David Lavender was born and raised on a ranch 20 miles outside Telluride, CO. It was an interesting, easy look at a part of American history I knew little about.