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The Oregon Trail : an American saga / David Dary.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dary, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Oregon National Historic Trail--History.
- Oregon National Historic Trail.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Oregon National Historic Trail.
- West (U.S.)--History--1848-1860.
- West (U.S.).
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 414 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2004.
- Summary:
- Using diaries, journals, company and expedition reports, and newspaper accounts, the author presents a major one-volume history of the Oregon Trail from its earliest beginnings to present.
- Contents:
- The exploration of Oregon
- Astoria
- Discovering the Oregon Trail
- John McLoughlin and the missionaries
- The American occupation of Oregon
- The emigrants of 1843
- Self-rule and more emigrants
- Fifty-four Forty or fight
- The year of decision
- New Zion, more emigrants, and a massacre
- A lull before the rush
- The Gold Rush of 1849
- The hectic year of 1850
- The changing road
- More change and civil war
- Decline of the Trail
- Rebirth of the Trail
- Appendix A: Historic landmarks
- Appendix B: Cutoffs and other roads.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-391) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0375413995
- OCLC:
- 54685532
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