Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852
Published by Washington State University Press, Pullman, WA, 2001
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- New
Seller: Allen F. Wright, Wesley Chapel, FL, U.S.A.Allen F. Wright
AbeBooks seller since July 27, 1999
Condition: New
£ 30.08
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"As Told by Mary Ann and Willis Boatman and Augmented with Accounts by other Overland Travelers." - sub-title. "With numbers swelled by Oregon-bound settlers and gold-seekers destined for California, the 1852 overland migration was the largest on record in a year when deadly 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, released for the first time in book-length form." - back panel of book's dust jacket. Illustrated with maps and black & white photographs. Also, the book includes extensive notes, a nice bibliography, and an index. ix + 244 pages. Full cloth binding with gold lettering. Weldon Rau, the author, a great grandson of the Boatmans, signed this copy of the book on the title page. The pictorial dust jacket is housed in an archival quality Brodart book jacket cover. And, the book will be sent to you well packed in a box.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852
- Author
- Rau, Weldon Willis; Boatman, Mary Ann and Willis
- Publisher
- Washington State University Press, Pullman, WA
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- New
- Signed
- Signed by Author
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Americana
Allen F. Wright
Wesley Chapel, FL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since July 27, 1999
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