Overland in 1846 : diaries and letters of the California-Oregon Trail /
"'We pray the God of mercy to deliver us from our present Calamity,' wrote Patrick Breen on the first day of 1847 as he and others in the Donner party awaited rescue from the snowbound Sierras. His famous diary appears in Overland in 1846, edited and annotated by Dale L. Morgan. This...
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln, Neb. :
University of Nebraska Press,
[1993]
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| Series: | North American women's letters and diaries.
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| Summary: | "'We pray the God of mercy to deliver us from our present Calamity,' wrote Patrick Breen on the first day of 1847 as he and others in the Donner party awaited rescue from the snowbound Sierras. His famous diary appears in Overland in 1846, edited and annotated by Dale L. Morgan. This handsome two-volume work includes not only primary sources of the Donner tragedy but also the letters and journals of other emigrants on the trail that year. Their voices combine to create a sweeping narrative of the westward movement. Volume I concentrates on the experiences of particular pioneers making the passage--their letters and diaries describe omnipresent dangers and momentary joys, landmarks, Indians encountered, disputes within the companies, births and deaths. Volume II, also based on contemporary records, offers a broader but no less vivid view of what it was like to go west in 1846 and pictures what was found in California and Oregon"--Publisher. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: Georgetown, CA : Talisman Press, 1963. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (2 volumes (825 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0803282001 9780803282001 0803231784 9780803231788 0803231776 9780803231771 080328201X 9780803282018 0803282028 9780803282025 |