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Covered wagon women. Diaries and letters from the Western trails, 1852 : the California trail. Volume 4 / edited & compiled by Kenneth L. Holmes.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women pioneers--West (U.S.)--Biography.
- Women pioneers.
- West (U.S.)--History.
- West (U.S.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (174 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, Nebraska ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- In 1852 a record number of women helped keep the wagons rolling over the perilous western trails. The fourth volume of Covered Wagon Women is devoted to families headed for California that year. Diaries and letters of six pioneer women describe the rigors en route, trailside celebrations and tragedies, the scourge of cholera, and encounters with the Indians.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780803278356
- 0803278357
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