Title: Far from home
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.
Subjects: History, Pioneers, Social life and customs, Frontier and pioneer life, Family relationships, Biography, Family, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Families, Fallstudiensammlung, Familienleben, Frontier and pioneer life, west (u.s.)
Places: West (U.S.)
Time periods: 19th century