The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60

by John D. Unruh

Overview

One of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in History and the winner of seven awards, including the John H. Dunning Prize of the American Historical Association, the Ray A. Billington Book Award of the Organization of American Historians, and the National Historical Society Book Prize.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780252063602
Publisher:	University of Illinois Press
Publication date:	10/01/1993
Pages:	592
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

The late John D. Unruh, Jr., a descendant of Mennonite pioneers, was born in South Dakota in 1937. He was, until his death in 1976, an associate professor of history at Bluffton College in Ohio.
 

Editorial Reviews

One of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in History and the winner of seven awards, including the John H. Dunning Prize of the American Historical Association, the Ray A. Billington Book Award of the Organization of American Historians, and the National Historical Society Book Prize.

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