Overland in 1846, Volume 2: Diaries and Letters of the California-Oregon Trail

Overland in 1846: Diaries and Letters of the California-Oregon Trail, edited by Dale Morgan, is a monumental two-volume collection that preserves the voices of the men and women who braved the overland journey to the American West. Drawing from diaries, journals, and correspondence written along the trail, Morgan presents an unparalleled mosaic of firsthand accounts from pioneers who risked everything in pursuit of new lives in California and Oregon.

The two volumes capture the raw immediacy...