The plains across : the overland emigrants and the trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60 / John D. Unruh, Jr.
1982
F593 .U67 1982 (Mapit)
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The plains across : the overland emigrants and the trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60 / John D. Unruh, Jr.
Edition
Pbk. ed.
ISBN
0252009681 (pbk.)
9780252009686 (pbk.)
9780252009686 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1982, ©1979.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 364 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Call Number
F593 .U67 1982
Dewey Decimal Classification
978/.02
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"An Illini book"
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-354) and index.
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Table of Contents
Public opinion, 1840-48
Public opinion, 1849-60
Motivations and beginnings
Emigrant interaction
Emigrant-Indian interaction
The federal government
Private entrepreneurs, 1840-49
Private entrepreneurs, 1850-60
The Morman [sic] "halfway house"
West Coast assistance
The Overlanders in historical perspective.
Public opinion, 1849-60
Motivations and beginnings
Emigrant interaction
Emigrant-Indian interaction
The federal government
Private entrepreneurs, 1840-49
Private entrepreneurs, 1850-60
The Morman [sic] "halfway house"
West Coast assistance
The Overlanders in historical perspective.