Across the Great Divide
Subtitle: Robert Stuart and the discovery of the Oregon Trail
By: Laton McCartney.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Stuart, Robert, 1785-1848 -- Travel -- West (U.S.); Tonquin (Ship); Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.; Pioneers -- Oregon -- Biography.; Overland journeys to the Pacific.; Oregon National Historic Trail -- History.; West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.; Oregon -- Discovery and exploration.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "The story of Robert Stuart and his trailblazing discovery of the Oregon Trail. Lewis and Clark had struggled across the high Rockies in present-day Montana and Idaho, but their route had been too perilous for wagon trains to follow. Then, six years after the Corps of Discovery returned from the Pacific, Stuart found the route that would make westward migration possible."--Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-291) and index.