Emigrants on the Overland Trail : the wagon trains of 1848 /

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Hlavní autor: LaSalle, Michael E., 1945-
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Kirksville, Mo. : Truman State University Press, ©2011.
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Obsah:
  • 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.