The Oregon Trail : an American saga
(2004)
By:
Dary, David
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
978.02/DARY,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2004
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xiv, 414 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0375413995
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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