The Covered Wagon
Publisher: Floating Press
Published: 1922
Place of publication: Auckland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781775453161; 9781776518760
Subjects: Gold discoveries; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Frontier and pioneer life; Fiction; Wagon trains; American; LITERARY CRITICISM; Gold mines and mining; General
Description: Acclaimed Western writer Emerson Hough died only days after attending the premiere of the movie based on his novel The Covered Wagon. The story follows a caravan of early settlers as they make their way from the Midwest to the Pacific coastline. The novel offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of pioneers.
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Table of contents: title: Title; Contents; Chapter I; title: Youth Marches; Chapter II; title: The Edge of the World; Chapter III; title: The Rendezvous; Chapter IV; title: Fever of New Fortunes; Chapter V; title: The Black Spaniard; Chapter VI; title: Issue Joined; Chapter VII; title: The Jump-Off; Chapter VIII; title: Man Against Man; Chapter IX; title: The Brute; Chapter X; title: Ole Missoury; Chapter XI; title: When All the World was Young; Chapter XII; title: The Dead Men's Tale; Chapter XIII; title: Wild Fire; Chapter XIV; title: The Kiss; Chapter XV; title: The Division; Chapter XVI; title: The Plains; Chapter XVII; title: The Great Encampment; Chapter XVIII; title: Arrow and Plow; Chapter XIX; title: Banion of Doniphan's.; title: Chapter XX; title: The BuffaloChapter XXI; title: The Quicksands; Chapter XXII; title: A Secret of Two; Chapter XXIII; title: An Armistice; Chapter XXIV; title: The Road West; Chapter XXV; title: Old Laramie; Chapter XXVI; title: The First Gold; Chapter XXVII; title: Two Who Loved; Chapter XXVIII; title: When a Maid Marries; Chapter XXIX; title: The Broken Wedding; Chapter XXX; title: The Dance in the Desert; Chapter XXXI; title: How, Cola!; Chapter XXXII; title: The Fight at the Ford; Chapter XXXIII; title: The Families Are Coming!; Chapter XXXIV; title: A Matter of Friendship; Chapter XXXV; title: Gee; title: Whoa; title: Haw!; Chapter XXXVI; title: Two Love Letters; Chapter XXXVII; title: Jim Bridger Forgets.; title: Chapter XXXVIII; title: When the Rockies FellChapter XXXIX; title: The Crossing; Chapter XL; title: Oregon! Oregon!; Chapter XLI; title: The Secrets of the Sierras; Chapter XLII; title: Kit Carson Rides; Chapter XLIII; title: The Killer Killed; Chapter XLIV; title: Yet if Love Lack; Chapter XLV; title: The Light of the Whole World; Endnotes.