Emigrants on the Overland Trail : the wagon trains of 1848 / Michael E. LaSalle.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: LaSalle, Michael E., 1945-
Language:English
Published: Kirksville, Mo. : Truman State University Press, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Pioneers > West (U.S.) > Diaries.
Pioneers > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.) > History > Sources.
Overland Trails > Description and travel.
West (U.S.) > Description and travel.
Overland Trails > History > Sources.
Genre:
Diaries.
Biography.
Sources.
Physical Description:xix, 516 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Format: Book
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.