Covered Wagon Women, Volume 4: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1852: The California Trail
In 1852 a record number of women helped keep the wagons rolling over the perilous western trails. The fourth volume of Covered Wagon Women is devoted to families headed for California that year. Diaries and letters of six pioneer women describe the rigors en route, trailside celebrations and tragedies, the scourge of cholera, and encounters with the Indians.
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Covered Wagon Women, Volume 4: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1852: The California Trail
In 1852 a record number of women helped keep the wagons rolling over the perilous western trails. The fourth volume of Covered Wagon Women is devoted to families headed for California that year. Diaries and letters of six pioneer women describe the rigors en route, trailside celebrations and tragedies, the scourge of cholera, and encounters with the Indians.
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Covered Wagon Women, Volume 4: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1852: The California Trail

Covered Wagon Women, Volume 4: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1852: The California Trail

Covered Wagon Women, Volume 4: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1852: The California Trail

Covered Wagon Women, Volume 4: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1852: The California Trail

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In 1852 a record number of women helped keep the wagons rolling over the perilous western trails. The fourth volume of Covered Wagon Women is devoted to families headed for California that year. Diaries and letters of six pioneer women describe the rigors en route, trailside celebrations and tragedies, the scourge of cholera, and encounters with the Indians.

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ISBN-13: 9780803278356
Publisher: UNP - Bison Books
Publication date: 11/10/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 303
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Kenneth L. Holmes was a professor of history at Western Oregon State College. He edited and compiled Covered Wagon Women, drawing on archives and private sources. Glenda Riley is a professor of history at Ball State University. Her numerous works on women in the American West include Building and Breaking Families in the American West.

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