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English
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In all the sagas of human migration, few can top the drama of the journey by midwestern farmers to Oregon and California in the years 1840-49. Seeking the promised land, these travelers trekked two thousand miles by covered wagon from Missouri to their destinations on the Pacific coast. Although they used mountain men as guides, they went almost literally into the unknown, braving dangers from hunger, thirst, disease, drowning, and Native Americans....
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
From the acclaimed author of The Wild Places comes an engrossing exploration of walking and thinking.
In this exquisitely written book, Robert Macfarlane sets off from his Cambridge, England, home to follow the ancient tracks, holloways, drove roads, and sea paths that crisscross both the British landscape and its waters and territories beyond. The result is an immersive, enthralling exploration of the ghosts and voices that haunt old paths,
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Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
For a brave band of Texas pioneers, new enemies awaited on the thundering trail. But old enemies were the deadliest of all.
The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million
maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them
north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history-making trail drives.
The Dodge City...
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Series
Lulu and Rocky adventures volume 5
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Fox kits Lulu and her cousin Rocky visit Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, hiking, camping, star-gazing, and participating in the Junior Ranger program as they learn about the special treasures found in the park"--
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