Emigrants on the Overland Trail : the wagon trains of 1848 /
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Kirksville, Mo. :
Truman State University Press,
©2011.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=457556 |
Table of 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.