| Series |
Overland West : the story of the Oregon and California Trails ; v. 2
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| Contents |
Men of enterprise and adventure : the rush begins -- Avarice seems to rule : the forty-niners set out -- Which road to take? : South Pass to City of Rocks -- First flight of forty-niners : the race to the goldfields -- Shortcuts to death : cutoffs, detours, and delusion in 1849 -- A new and shorter route : Lassen's Horn -- Passing swarms : the trails in 1850 -- The very windows of heaven : the bust of 1851 -- The great tide of emigration : the trails in 1852 -- This insatiate thirst for gold : the birth of the mining West. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2012008720 |
| ISBN | 9780806142845 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0806142847 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780870624186 (special edition : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0870624180 (special edition : alk. paper) |
