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Rau, Weldon W.; Boatman, Mary Ann; Boatman, Willis

 
9780874222388: Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852: As Told by Mary Ann and Willis Boatman and Augmented with Accounts by Other Overland Travelers
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ISBN 10: 0874222389 ISBN 13: 9780874222388
Casa editrice: Washington State Univ Pr, 2001

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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.

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Editore
Washington State Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2001
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0874222389
ISBN 13 
9780874222388
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
244
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