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The Oregon Trail : an American saga / David Dary.

Dary, David. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0375413995
  • ISBN: 9780375413995
  • Physical Description: xiv, 414 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
  • Distributor: Distributed by Random House.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-391) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Chapter 1 Exploration of Oregon 3 -- Chapter 2 Astoria 20 -- Chapter 3 Discovering the Oregon Trail 34 -- Chapter 4 John McLoughlin and the Missionaries 47 -- Chapter 5 American Occupation of Oregon 66 -- Chapter 6 Emigrants of 1843 84 -- Chapter 7 Self-Rule and More Emigrants 109 -- Chapter 8 Fifty-four Forty or Fight 128 -- Chapter 9 Year of Decision 147 -- Chapter 10 New Zion, More Emigrants, and a Massacre 168 -- Chapter 11 A Lull Before the Rush 187 -- Chapter 12 Gold Rush of 1849 200 -- Chapter 13 Hectic Year of 1850 221 -- Chapter 14 Changing Road 243 -- Chapter 15 More Change and Civil War 264 -- Chapter 16 Decline of the Trail 288 -- Chapter 17 Rebirth of the Trail 310 -- Appendix A Historic Landmarks 335 -- Appendix B Cutoffs and Other Roads 349.
Subject:
Frontier and pioneer life > Oregon National Historic Trail.
Oregon National Historic Trail > History.
West (U.S.) > History > 1848-1860.

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