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Emigrants on the Overland Trail : the wagon trains of 1848 / Michael E. LaSalle.
- 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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| Text | Request in advance | F593 .L288 2011 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xix, 516 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Presenting the 'lost' year of the overland emigrants in 1848, this volume sheds light on the journey of the men, women, children, and the wagon trains that made the challenging trek from Missouri to Oregon and California. These primary sources written by seven men and women diarists from different wagon companies, tell how settlers endured the tribulations of a five-month westward journey covering 2,000 miles. These intrepid souls include a young mother, a French priest, a college-educated teacher, and an ox driver"--Cover p. [4].
- Subject
- Pioneers > West (U.S.) > Diaries
- Pioneers > West (U.S.) > Biography
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.) > History > Sources
- Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.) > Sources
- Overland Trails > Description and travel
- West (U.S.) > Description and travel
- Overland Trails > History > Sources
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Diaries
- History
- Sources
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-492) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781935503958 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1935503952 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781612480213 (ebook)
- 1612480217 (ebook)
- LCCN
- ^^2011037737
- OCLC
- 733238850
- SCSB-11417265
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library