AutorzyMaxwell William Audley
Crossing the Plains - Maxwell William Audley
- a First Hand Narrative of the Early Pioneer Trail to California in 1857
This is the story of the legendary pioneers of the westward expansion of the American people from the comparatively early period of the mid-1850s. Maxwell and his family set out for California in the famous 'prairie schooner'-covered wagons drawn by oxen or mule teams. It was a long, slow perilous journey which many would never complete-for them it would end in a lonely grave beside the trail. The dangers of this extraordinary exodus through the unknown included every complexion of weather and terrain the wilderness of the great American interior could offer or contrive, the threat of bandits and raiding Indians and the debilitation of extreme hardship and sickness. These were an intrepid people by any standard and in the hope of creating a better life they forged the beginnings of a modern nation. This is an invaluable first hand account by one who experienced every mile of a historically momentous movement.
EAN: 9781846776533
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Kod produktu
608GIR03527KS
Rok wydania
2009
Elementy
112
Oprawa
Miekka
Format
14.0x21.6cm
Język
angielski
Autorzy
Maxwell William Audley
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