So Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812-1848
by Bagley, Will
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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010. First Edition. 458pp. Quarto [26 cm] Tan cloth with the title stamped in black on the backstrip. Fine/Fine. Signed by the author on the half-title.
The story of America's westward migration is a powerful blend of fact and fable. Over the course of three decades, almost a million eager fortune-hunters, pioneers, and visionaries transformed the face of a continent—and displaced its previous inhabitants. The people who made the long and perilous journey over the Oregon and California trails drove this swift and astonishing change. In this magisterial volume, Will Bagley tells why and how this massive emigration began.
While many previous authors have told parts of this story, Bagley has recast it in its entirety for modern readers. Drawing on research he conducted for the National Park Service's Long Distance Trails Office, he has woven a wealth of primary sources—personal letters and journals, government documents, newspaper reports, and folk accounts—into a compelling narrative that reinterprets the first years of overland migration.
The story of America's westward migration is a powerful blend of fact and fable. Over the course of three decades, almost a million eager fortune-hunters, pioneers, and visionaries transformed the face of a continent—and displaced its previous inhabitants. The people who made the long and perilous journey over the Oregon and California trails drove this swift and astonishing change. In this magisterial volume, Will Bagley tells why and how this massive emigration began.
While many previous authors have told parts of this story, Bagley has recast it in its entirety for modern readers. Drawing on research he conducted for the National Park Service's Long Distance Trails Office, he has woven a wealth of primary sources—personal letters and journals, government documents, newspaper reports, and folk accounts—into a compelling narrative that reinterprets the first years of overland migration.
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- Title
- So Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812-1848
- Author
- Bagley, Will
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- Used
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- 1
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- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Overland Trail
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