Weldon Willis Rau

Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852 (eBook, ePUB)

As Told by Mary Ann and Willis Boatman and Augmented with Accounts by other Overland Travelers

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With numbers swelled by Oregon-bound settlers as well as hordes of gold-seekers destined for California, the 1852 overland migration was the largest on record in a year taking a terrible toll in lives mainly due to deadly cholera. Included here are firsthand accounts of this fateful year, including the words and thoughts of a young married couple, Mary Ann and Willis Boatman, released for the first time in book-length form.

In its immediacy, Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852 opens a window to the travails of the overland journeyers--their stark camps, treacherous river fordings, and dishonest countrymen; the shimmering plains and mountain vastnesses; trepidation at crossing ancient Indian lands; and the dark angel of death hovering over the wagon columns. But also found here are acts of valor, compassion, and kindness, and the hope for a new life in a new land at the end of the trail.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Washington State University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781636820644
• Artikelnr.: 70128247

Autorenporträt

Weldon Willis Rau of Olympia, Washington, is a retired research geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey and the State of Washington. He is a great grandson of Puyallup pioneers Mary Ann and Willis Boatman, the principal figures in Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852. Rau's book is the culmination of 15 years of extensive field investigations and archival/library study.