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Wagons west : the epic story of America's overland trails
- Title
- Wagons west : the epic story of America's overland trails / Frank McLynn.
- Author
- McLynn, Frank.
- Publication
- London : J. Cape, 2002.
- Supplementary Content
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-USLHG F593 .M475 2002 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121 |
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- Description
- 509 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In all the sagas of human migration, none can top the drama of the journey by mid-Western farmers to Oregon and California in the years 1840-49. Seeking the promised land, these travellers trekked two thousand miles by covered wagon from Missouri to their destination on the Pacific. Although they used mountain men as guides, they went almost literally into the unknown, braving dangers from hunger, thirst, disease, drowning and Indians. Left far behind them were the extended family, schools, doctors, churches, stores and the rule of law. The early overlanders got through only after Herculean efforts, but later in the decade complacency set in, and the result was disaster, especially in the case of the Donner party, marooned in the snows and reduced to cannibalism." "Using original diaries and memoirs, Frank McLynn underscores the incredible heroism and dangerous folly on the overland trails. His yearby-year narrative includes many thematic investigations: the wagons and animals used by the pioneers, the role of women, relations with Indians, crime and punishment beyond the pale of civilisation, and much else. The narrative builds to a climax with the dreadful tale of the Donner party but achieves closure with the triumphant story of Brigham Young and the Mormons. Sandwiched between the era of the fur trappers and the post-1849 gold fever, this account of the pioneering years in the overland trails highlights and explains a unique experience both in American and world history."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-475) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Call Number
- F593
- ISBN
- 0224060090
- 9780224060097
- LCCN
- 2005532014
- OCLC
- 49351444
- Author
- McLynn, Frank.
- Title
- Wagons west : the epic story of America's overland trails / Frank McLynn.
- Imprint
- London : J. Cape, 2002.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-475) and index.
- Processing Action
- committed to retain 20160630 20310630 EAST This title retained by Wesleyan University Library on behalf of the Eastern Academic Scholars Trust (EAST) print archive
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- Chronological Term
- To 1899
- Other Form:
- Online version: McLynn, Frank. Wagons west. London : J. Cape, 2002 (OCoLC)606316179Online version: McLynn, Frank. Wagons west. London : J. Cape, 2002 (OCoLC)606866921
- Research Call Number
- *R-USLHG F593 .M475 2002