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The Great Western Migration to the Gold Fields of California, 1849-1850
Engelsk Paperback
The Great Western Migration to the Gold Fields of California, 1849-1850
Engelsk Paperback

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The journey west, from the Missouri River to the Pacific coast, was made by some quarter of a million Americans during the 1840s and 1850s, and stands as one of the great human adventure stories of all time. When gold was discovered at Sutter''s Mill, California, in 1848, the immigration took on an urgency and a scope that would never be matched again, though the numbers of migrants was eventually equaled over time by the slower pace of those who went to Oregon and followed later to California to put down more permanent roots.

This work draws heavily from the diaries of 17 men and women who made the four month, 2,000 mile trek to California during 1849 and 1850. The text is divided into three main parts. Part One covers travel from the Missouri River to Fort Laramie, Part Two covers Fort Laramie to Fort Hall and Salt Lake City, and Part Three covers the trek from there to the Sierra Nevadas.

Each part has chapters that detail specific parts of the trail, sites, or locations where the migrants found something important to write about. The diarists'' accounts tell of the adventures, hardships, desires, concerns, deprivations, sicknesses, deaths along the way, and of crossing the last great obstacle--the "Elephant," as many of them called it--the high ridge of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
301
ISBN-13:
9780786473946
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0786473940
Udg. Dato:
29 aug 2012
Længde:
15mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
29 aug 2012
Forfatter(e):
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