000320742 000__ 02048cam\a2200409\a\4500 000320742 001__ 320742 000320742 005__ 20210513115704.0 000320742 008__ 070319s2007\\\\iluab\\\\b\\\\001\0deng\\ 000320742 010__ $$a 2007011052 000320742 020__ $$a9780226519609 (alk. paper) 000320742 020__ $$a0226519600 (alk. paper) 000320742 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm87747020 000320742 035__ $$a320742 000320742 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBAKER$$dBTCTA$$dUKM$$dYDXCP$$dC#P$$dIXA$$dABG$$dCDX$$dSHH 000320742 043__ $$an-usp--$$an-us-ca 000320742 049__ $$aISEA 000320742 05000 $$aF593$$b.M479 2007 000320742 08200 $$a978/.02$$222 000320742 1001_ $$aMeldahl, Keith Heyer. 000320742 24510 $$aHard road west :$$bhistory & geology along the Gold Rush trail /$$cKeith Heyer Meldahl. 000320742 260__ $$aChicago :$$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$$c2007. 000320742 300__ $$axxi, 329 p. :$$bill., maps ;$$c24 cm. 000320742 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [307]-315) and index. 000320742 5050_ $$aAn American journey -- Between winter's chill brackets -- Ascending the plains -- Exhumed mountains and hungry rivers -- Black Hills and bent rock -- To the backbone of the continent -- Cordilleran upheaval -- Most godforsaken country -- The bear and the snake -- A breaking up of the world -- Most miserable river -- The worst desert you ever saw -- Into the land of gold -- Contingent history. 000320742 650_0 $$aPioneers$$zWest (U.S.)$$xHistory$$y19th century. 000320742 650_0 $$aPioneers$$zWest (U.S.)$$vBiography. 000320742 650_0 $$aFrontier and pioneer life$$zWest (U.S.) 000320742 650_0 $$aOverland journeys to the Pacific. 000320742 650_0 $$aLandscapes$$zWest (U.S.)$$xHistory$$y19th century. 000320742 650_0 $$aLandforms$$zWest (U.S.) 000320742 650_0 $$aGeology$$zWest (U.S.) 000320742 651_0 $$aWest (U.S.)$$xHistory$$y1848-1860. 000320742 651_0 $$aWest (U.S.)$$xDescription and travel. 000320742 651_0 $$aWest (U.S.)$$xGeography. 000320742 85200 $$bgen$$hF593$$i.M479$$i2007 000320742 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007011052.html 000320742 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0732/2007011052-d.html 000320742 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007011052-b.html 000320742 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:320742$$pGLOBAL_SET 000320742 980__ $$aBIB 000320742 980__ $$aBOOK