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Emigrants on the Overland Trail : the wagon trains of 1848
- Title
- Emigrants on the Overland Trail : the wagon trains of 1848 / Michael E. LaSalle.
- Author
- LaSalle, Michael E., 1945-
- Publication
- Kirksville, Mo. : Truman State University Press, c2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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 | Use in library | IID 12-3360 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xix, 516 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-492) and index.
- Contents
- Just five months to get there -- St. Joseph: a rising star -- Load the wagons -- The talk before the walk -- A vast green sea -- Indian troubles -- Independence: a star in decline -- Through the tallgrass prairie -- Black beasts, black faces -- Come, come ye saints -- The Babylon of the West -- The sweetness of the sweetwater -- Les mauvaises terres -- The great trail forked -- Snaking through vulcan's workshop -- Glory, hallelujah, I shall die a rich man yet! -- The heavenly scent of Oregon pine -- Time to pay the gatekeeper -- The end of the journey -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- IID 12-3360
- ISBN
- 9781935503958 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1935503952 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011037737
- OCLC
- YBP 2011037737
- Author
- LaSalle, Michael E., 1945-
- Title
- Emigrants on the Overland Trail : the wagon trains of 1848 / Michael E. LaSalle.
- Imprint
- Kirksville, Mo. : Truman State University Press, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-492) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IID 12-3360