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California Trail : Yesterday and Today by William E. Hill (2017, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCaxton Press

ISBN-100870046047

ISBN-139780870046049

eBay Product ID (ePID)237818609

Product Key Features

TopicHistory / United States / State & Local, History / United States / 19th Century, People & Places / United States / General

Publication Year2017

Book TitleCalifornia Trail : Yesterday and Today

Number of PagesXviii, 343 Pages

LanguageEnglish

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction

AuthorWilliam E. Hill

FormatHardcover

Additional Product Features

LCCN2016-057948

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal917.804

SynopsisWhether for land, a chance for a new life, or for gold, California was the magnet that drew thousands of people during the 1840s, 50s and into the 60s. The California Trail was the way many emigrants and Argonauts chose. The California Trail Yesterday and Today examines the trail's historical development, alternate routes, and some of the available maps and guidebooks. Its extensive use of diaries enhances the reader's experience. Three diarists vividly describe the dreaded crossing of the Forty-Mile Desert and the Sierras. Especially impressive are its nearly 175 first-hand trail illustrations paired with relevant diary entries, comments and matching present-day photos. Most of the historic sites, fine museums and displays along the trail are also described., Whether for land, a chance for a new life, or for gold, California was the magnet that drew thousands of people during the 1840s, 50s and into the 60s. The California Trail was the way many emigrants and Argonauts chose. William Hill's book takes the reader there, starting at the various "jumping-off" places, across the Great Plains, the Rockies, the deserts, and finally over the Sierra Nevada. It examines the trail's historical development, alternate routes, and some of the available maps and guidebooks. Its extensive use of diaries enhances the reader's experience. Three diarists vividly describe the dreaded crossing of the Forty-Mile Desert and the Sierras. Especially impressive are its nearly 175 first-hand trail illustrations paired with relevant diary entries, comments and matching present-day photos. Most of the historic sites, fine museums and displays along the trail are also described.

LC Classification NumberF593.H55 2017