Bibliograph

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

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Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-492) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Emigrants on the Overland Trail

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

733238850

Responsibility statement

Michael E. LaSalle

Sub title

the wagon trains of 1848

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

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