02588cam a2200313 4500 579933672 TxAuBib 20220715120000.0 ||||||s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780802199140 0802199143 B005UNLLZU Amazon aede8e76-f5c3-41c1-8808-db205f6d76cb OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1275770 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib McLynn, Frank. Wagons West [Libby eBook] : The Epic Story of America's Overland Trails. Grove Atlantic, 2007. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3375kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<b>An acclaimed historian's "compellingly told" year-by-year account of the pioneering efforts to conquer the American West in the mid-nineteenth century (<i>The Guardian</i>).</b><br /> <br /> In all the sagas of human migration, few can top the drama of the journey by Midwestern farmers to Oregon and California from 1840 to 1849—between the era of the fur trappers and the beginning of the gold rush. Even with mountain men as guides, these pioneers literally plunged into the unknown, braving all manner of danger, including hunger, thirst, disease, and drowning.<br /> <br /> Employing numerous illustrations and extensive primary sources, including original diaries and memoirs, McLynn underscores the incredible heroism and dangerous folly on the overland trails. His authoritative narrative investigates the events leading up to the opening of the trails, the wagons and animals used, the roles of women, relations with Native Americans, and much else.<br /> <br /> The climax arrives in McLynn's expertly re-created tale of the dreadful Donner party, and he closes with Brigham Young and the Mormons beginning communities of their own. Full of high drama, tragedy, and triumph, "rarely has a book so wonderfully brought to life the riveting tales of Americans' trek to the Pacific" (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>). Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-14 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/wagons-west-aede8e?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/wagons-west-aede8e?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/wagons-west-aede8e?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)