Wagons west
Subtitle: the epic story of America's overland trails
By: Frank McLynn.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Grove Press; Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 509
ISBN-13: 9780802117311
Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific; Trails -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century; West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848; West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-475) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Manifest Destiny; title: The reasons why; title: To boldly go; title: The women in the sunbonnet; title: The great migration; title: Through flood and famine; title: Never take no cutoffs; title: California catches up; title: Tragedy in the snows; title: Saints and sinners; title: Epilogue