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So Rugged and Mountainous - Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812-1848 (Paperback)
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So Rugged and Mountainous - Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812-1848 (Paperback)
Series: Overland West Series
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The story of America's westward migration is a powerful blend of
fact and fable. Over the course of three decades, almost a million
eager fortune-hunters, pioneers, and visionaries transformed the
face of a continent - and displaced its previous inhabitants. The
people who made the long and perilous journey over the Oregon and
California trails drove this swift and astonishing change. In this
magisterial volume, Will Bagley tells why and how this massive
emigration began.While many previous authors have told parts of
this story, Bagley has recast it in its entirety for modern
readers. Drawing on research he conducted for the National Park
Service's Long Distance Trails Office, he has woven a wealth of
primary sources - personal letters and journals, government
documents, newspaper reports, and folk accounts - into a compelling
narrative that reinterprets the first years of overland migration.
Illustrated with photographs and historical maps, So Rugged and
Mountainous is the first of a projected four-volume history,
Overland West: The Story of the Oregon and California Trails. This
sweeping series describes how the ""Road across the Plains""
transformed the American West and became an enduring part of its
legacy. And by showing that overland emigration would not have been
possible without the cooperation of Native peoples and tribes, it
places American Indians at the center of trail history, not on its
margins.
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