Randolph B. Marcy

The Prairie Traveller

A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions
Herausgeber: Burton, Richard Francis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on Marcy's own experiences, this 1863 work enables the emigrant to the American west to be self-reliant and survive.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9781108075152
• ISBN-10: 1108075150
• Artikelnr.: 41608895

Autorenporträt

Randolph Barnes Marcy was a career officer in the United States Army, achieving the rank of brigadier general before retiring in 1881. Marcy's 1859 book, "The Prairie Traveler, " has been called one of the most important works in making possible the great Western overland migration of United States settlers in the last half of the nineteenth century. He died in 1887.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The different routes to California and Oregon
2. Marching
3. Repairing broken wagons
4. Packing
5. Bivouacs
6. Guides and hunters
7. Hunting
Itineraries.