2010, ISBN: 9780806141039

University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: . Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. The story of America's westward migration is a powerful blend of fact and fable. Over the course o… Plus…

University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: . Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. 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 continentÑand 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 sourcesÑpersonal letters and journals, government documents, newspaper reports, and folk accountsÑinto 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., University of Oklahoma Press, Norman:, New York: History Book Club, 1947. Book Club Edition. good. 352, illus., maps, bibliography, index, some wear to boards and spine, slight discoloration inside boards. The author argues that James K. Polk was the hero of the Mexican War. Polk cherished one great ideal (the preservation of the Union), and one great vision (the expansion of the United States to the Pacific Ocean)., History Book Club, 1947, Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 2010. Hardcover. 2nd Printing by line number. Volume 1 of Overland West; The Story of the Oregon and California Trails. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; slight wear to upper tip covers. Gold cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on spine. 458 pp 4to. This is the story of America's Westward Migration. Using many primary sources, the author has written a compelling narrative that reinterprets the first years of the overland migration of almost a million fortune-hunters, trappers, pioneers, and visionaries. The author makes special the years between 1840-48 as the trails to the Pacific wove over the Cascade Range and the Sierra Nevada making the vainglorious concept of Manifest Destiny into a flesh-and-blood reality. A clean pristine copy in a Brodart mylar jacket., University of Oklahoma Press, 2010<

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ISBN: 9780806141039

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 transf… Plus…

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. Media > Book, [PU: University of Oklahoma Press]<