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Author: David Klausmeyer Publisher: Falcon Guides ISBN: 9780762730827 Category : Frontier and pioneer life Languages : en Pages : 0
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Travel along the Oregon Trail with the pioneers who dared to "face the elephant" as they moved west in search of a new life. Compiled from the trail diaries and memoirs that document this momentous period in American history, Oregon Trail Stories is a fascinating look at the great American migration of the 19th century.
Author: David Klausmeyer Publisher: Falcon Guides ISBN: 9780762730827 Category : Frontier and pioneer life Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Travel along the Oregon Trail with the pioneers who dared to "face the elephant" as they moved west in search of a new life. Compiled from the trail diaries and memoirs that document this momentous period in American history, Oregon Trail Stories is a fascinating look at the great American migration of the 19th century.
Author: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Publisher: Walker & Company ISBN: 9780802783783 Category : Overland journeys to the Pacific Languages : en Pages : 31
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Traces the pioneers' footsteps in handmade covered wagons as the Westmont Wagoneers celebrate the pioneer spirit with a wagon train journey through western Montana and the Flathead Indian Reservation
Author: Linda Crew Publisher: Ooligan Press ISBN: 1932010262 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 278
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Lovisa King, 17, comes of age on the Oregon Trail and finds the strength to help her family survive a deadly shortcut on their journey to the Willamette Valley.
Author: Frank McLynn Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic ISBN: 0802199143 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 543
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An acclaimed historian’s “compellingly told” year-by-year account of the pioneering efforts to conquer the American West in the mid-nineteenth century (The Guardian). In all the sagas of human migration, few can top the drama of the journey by Midwestern farmers to Oregon and California from 1840 to 1849—between the era of the fur trappers and the beginning of the gold rush. Even with mountain men as guides, these pioneers literally plunged into the unknown, braving all manner of danger, including hunger, thirst, disease, and drowning. Employing numerous illustrations and extensive primary sources, including original diaries and memoirs, McLynn underscores the incredible heroism and dangerous folly on the overland trails. His authoritative narrative investigates the events leading up to the opening of the trails, the wagons and animals used, the roles of women, relations with Native Americans, and much else. The climax arrives in McLynn’s expertly re-created tale of the dreadful Donner party, and he closes with Brigham Young and the Mormons beginning communities of their own. Full of high drama, tragedy, and triumph, “rarely has a book so wonderfully brought to life the riveting tales of Americans’ trek to the Pacific” (Publishers Weekly).
Author: Kenneth L. Holmes Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press ISBN: 0806183020 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 257
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The diaries and letters of women on the overland trails in the mid- to late nineteenth century are treasured documents. These eleven selections drawn from the multivolume Covered Wagon Women series present the best first-person trail accounts penned by women in their teens who traveled west between 1846 and 1898. Ranging in age from eleven to nineteen, unmarried and without children of their own, these diarists had experiences different from those of older women who carried heavier responsibilities with them on the trail. These letters and diaries reflect both the unique perspective of youthful optimism and the experiences common among all female emigrants. The young women write of friendship and family, trail hardships, and explorations such as visits to Indian gravesites. Some like Sallie Hester even write of enjoying the company of men, and many speculate about marriage prospects. Domestic roles did not define the girls’ trail experience; only the four oldest in this collection recorded helping with chores. As they journey through Indian lands, these writers show that even their youth did not prevent them from holding notions of white racial superiority. Two of the selections are newly published, having appeared only in limited-distribution collector’s editions of the original series. For all readers captivated by the first Best of Covered Wagon Women collection, this new volume’s focus on youthful travelers adds a fresh perspective to life on the trail.
Author: Kenneth L. Holmes Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 9780803272910 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 316
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In 1852 a record number of women helped keep the wagons rolling over the perilous western trails. The fourth volume of Covered Wagon Women is devoted to families headed for California that year. Diaries and letters of six pioneer women describe the rigors en route, trailside celebrations and tragedies, the scourge of cholera, and encounters with the Indians.
Author: Kenneth L. Holmes Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 9780803272941 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 332
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V. 1. The women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s speak through these letters and diaries. Here are the voices of Tamsen Donner and young Virginia Reed, members of the ill-fated Donner party; Patty Sessions, the Mormon midwife who delivered five babies on the trail between Omaha and Salt Lake City; Rachel Fisher, who buried both her husband and her little girl before reaching Oregon. Still others make themselves heard, starting out from different places and recording details along the way, from the mundane to the soul-shattering and spirit-lifting.
Author: Jesse Wiley Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 1328619605 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 470
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In this collection, choose your own trail and complete the journey to Oregon City with all four books in this exciting series! It's 1850 and your first goal is to get your family, covered wagon full of supplies, and oxen to Chimney Rock on time. But hurry—you'll need to make it through the rugged mountains before winter snow hits. Plus, there are wild animals, natural disasters, unpredictable weather, fast-flowing rivers, strangers, and sickness that will be sure to stand between you and your destination! Which path will get you safely across the unforgiving terrain—from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City? With twenty-two possible endings in each book, choose wrong and you'll never make it on time. Choose right and blaze a trail that gets you closer to your final destination—and don't forget to look at your map! The ebook includes: The Race to Chimney Rock Danger at the Haunted Gate The Search for Snake River The Road to Oregon City
Author: David Klausmeyer
Author: David Klausmeyer
Author: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Author: Rinker Buck
Author: Linda Crew
Author: Paul Erickson
Author: Frank McLynn
Author: Kenneth L. Holmes
Author: Kenneth L. Holmes
Author: Kenneth L. Holmes
Author: Jesse Wiley