Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852 : As Told by Mary Ann and Willis Boatman and Augmented with Accounts by other Overland Travelers /

The 1852 overland migration was the largest on record, with numbers swelled by Oregon-bound settlers as well as hordes of gold-seekers destined for California. It also was a year in which cholera took a terrible toll in lives. Included here are firsthand accounts of this fateful year, including the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rau, Weldon W.
Other Authors: Boatman, Willis, Boatman, Mary Ann
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pullman : Washington State University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Boatman, Mary Ann.
Boatman, Willis.
Boatman, Willis > Diaries.
Boatman, Mary Ann > Diaries.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Pioneers.
Travel.
Pioneers > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
United States > Oregon National Historic Trail.
West United States.
West (U.S.) > Biography.
West (U.S.) > History > 1848-1860.
West (U.S.) > Description and travel.
Oregon National Historic Trail > History.
History.
Diaries.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The 1852 overland migration was the largest on record, with numbers swelled by Oregon-bound settlers as well as hordes of gold-seekers destined for California. It also was a year in which cholera took a terrible toll in lives. Included here are firsthand accounts of this fateful year, including the words and thoughts of a young married couple, Mary Ann and Willis Boatman.
Item Description:Text based primarily on the diaries of Mary Ann and Willis Boatman augmented with accounts by other overland travelers.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations, maps ;
ISBN:9781636820347

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