Far from home
Subtitle: families of the westward journey
By: Lillian Schlissel, Byrd Gibbens, Elizabeth Hampsten ; foreword by Robert Coles.
Contributors: Gibbens, Byrd, 1936-; Hampsten, Elizabeth, 1932-
Publisher: Schocken Books
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Family -- West (U.S.) -- History; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Family relationships -- History; West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs
Description: Takes a look at the human cost of the cross continental trek. Using letters and diaries, the author pieces together the sagas of 3 families of the mid-19th to the early 20th centuries who ventured West. --From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes index.