The Western Guide Book and Emigrant's Directory: Containing General Descriptions of Different Routes Through the States of New-York, Ohio, Indiana, Il (Paperback or Softback)

Steele, Oliver G.

ISBN 10: 1275824080 / ISBN 13: 9781275824089

Published by Gale Ecco, Sabin Americana 2/1/2012, 2012

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The Western Guide Book and Emigrant's Directory: Containing General Descriptions of Different Routes Through the States of New-York, Ohio, Indiana, Il.

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• Title: The Western Guide Book and Emigrant's Directory: Containing General Descriptions of Different Routes Through the States of New-York, Ohio, Indiana, Il (Paperback or Softback)
• Publisher: Gale Ecco, Sabin Americana 2/1/2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1275824080
• ISBN 13: 9781275824089
• Binding: Paperback or Softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 0.4 pounds
• Book Type: Book

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Title: The Western guide book and emigrant's directory: containing general descriptions of different routes through the states of New-York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and the Territory of Michigan: with short descriptions of the climate, soil, productions, prospects, &c.Author: Oliver G SteelePublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03669400CollectionID: CTRG01-B2218PublicationDate: 18340101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Copyright 1834 by Oliver G. Steele. "The following work was first published in the summer of 1832, under the name of the "Emigrant's guide" ... . The present edition is on the same general plan, but as it contains many alterations, additions and amendments, it was deemed proper to give it the name of the "Western guide book," which it will hereafter retain."--Verso, t.p.Collation: 90 p.; 15 cm