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Product Identifiers
PublisherAbbeville Press, Incorporated
ISBN-101558597824
ISBN-139781558597822
eBay Product ID (ePID)262698
Product Key Features
Book TitleSeven Trails West
Number of Pages252 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / 19th Century
Publication Year1996
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorArthur King Peters
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight42.1 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width10.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-039095
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal978/.02
SynopsisThis volume tells many stories in one: the epic tale of men and women (some of them famous trailbreakers, some little known); the lures that attracted these pragmatic dreamers to the West; and the ordeals and disappointments they overcame along the way. Illustrated with archival photographs, paintings, maps and documents, the book offers the general reader an overview of the western trail network that bound an immature nation together and provided an armature for later development., The Lewis and Clark expedition blazed the way; nearly 65 years later, the first transcontinental railroad joined the "old" United States with the West. The intervening years had seen a half-million people heading west. Peters surveys the major migration routes: the Santa Fe Trail (commercial), the Oregon-California Trail (probably the best known), the Mormon Trail and the communication trails (Pony Express, Telegraph, Railroad). Peters (Cocteau and His Circle) draws on personal experiences of the emigrants, newspaper articles of the period and local history for a colorful account of the westward movement. His stories of the Mormon Trail and Pony Express are especially notable. This handsome book is illustrated with photographs, paintings, maps and documents-a treat for history and Western buffs. 208 illustrations
LC Classification NumberF591.P425 1996
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- 03. Mär. 2021
Excellent historical overview of US westward expansion
Excellent book depicting United State’s westward expansion from early 19th century. I had ran across this book several years ago and had wished I’d have obtained it then. Very happy to have found it on EBay.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
