Danger, Terror, and Hardships: The Price of Yearning For the Golden
West... The Beale Trail was named after the surveyor who accepted
the federal government's request for a safe and speedy route across
much of the Southwest for wagon trains and the pony express.
California was beginning to entice Easterners and Midwesterners to
seek their fortunes in the new lands. Up until Beale undertook the
task of surveying and mapping such a route, travelers were at a
disadvantage. Passage was extremely difficult due to mountains,
deserts, and uninhabited regions without access to needed supplies,
and the threat of Indian attacks was always imminent. This tale,
although purely and entirely fiction, resonates with the truth of
the first few "pilgrimages" that were made across country on the
Trail. The characters in the story are fictional and have no
connection to those of the unfortunate travelers who lost their
lives in the first early attempt to reach California. Readers of
this narrative might enjoy reading about the Beale Trail, the
massacre that occurred, and the history that followed the wagon
trains that ventured to take this route to the gold fields, etc.,
of California.
General
Imprint: |
Outskirts Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2013 |
First published: |
September 2013 |
Authors: |
Paul Burke
• Marcelline Burke
|
Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 5mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
78 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4327-9975-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
|
LSN: |
1-4327-9975-4 |
Barcode: |
9781432799755 |
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