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Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852

Weldon Willis Rau

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  • 256 sidor
  • 2001
With numbers swelled by Oregon-bound settlers as well as hordes of gold-seekers destined for California, the 1852 overland migration was the largest on record in a year taking a terrible toll in lives mainly due to deadly cholera. Included here are firsthand accounts of this fateful year, including the words and thoughts of a young married couple, Mary Ann and Willis Boatman, released for the first time in book-length form.In its immediacy, Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852 opens a window to the travails of the overland journeyers--their stark camps, treacherous river fordings, and dishonest countrymen; the shimmering plains and mountain vastnesses; trepidation at crossing ancient Indian lands; and the dark angel of death hovering over the wagon columns. But also found here are acts of valor, compassion, and kindness, and the hope for a new life in a new land at the end of the trail.
  • Författare: Weldon Willis Rau
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780874222388
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 256
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2001-04-01
  • Förlag: Washington State University Press