| Emigrants Guide to Oregon & California Contributor(s): Hastings, Lansford W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1557092451 ISBN-13: 9781557092458 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1994 Annotation: A popular guidebook during the western expansion and a valuable collectible today, The Emigrantsi Guide was first published in 1845. While the book introduced those heading west to the beauty and habitable nature of the Pacific coast, it had considerable shortcomings - it was the guide used by the ill-fated Donner Party. As a corrective, Randolph Marcy published a more accurate guide, The Prairie Traveler (also available from Applewood Books). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 917.94 |
| LCCN: 94072495 |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.54" W x 8.46" (0.46 lbs) 156 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - California - Geographic Orientation - Oregon |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A popular guidebook during the western expansion and a valuable collectible today, The Emigrants Guide was first published in 1845. While the book introduced those heading west to the beauty and habitable nature of the Pacific coast, it had considerable shortcomings - it was the guide used by the ill-fated Donner Party. As a corrective, Randolph Marcy published a more accurate guide, The Prairie Traveler (also available from Applewood Books). |