PLATTE RIVER ROAD NARRATIVES A Descriptive Bibliography of Travel over the Great Central Overland Route to Oregon, California, Utah, Colorado, . Western States and Territories, 1812-1866

Michener, James A. & Merrill Mattes

ISBN 10: 0252013425 / ISBN 13: 9780252013423

Published by University of Illinois Press, 1988

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Owner bookplate to inner board. Binding tight and straight, inner pages clean and unmarked. ; 8.5 X 1.6 X 11 inches; 632 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PLATTE RIVER ROAD NARRATIVES A Descriptive Bibliography of Travel over the Great Central Overland Route to Oregon, California, Utah, Colorado, . Western States and Territories, 1812-1866
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252013425
• ISBN 13: 9780252013423
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

This massive annotated bibliography of all known significant eyewitness accounts of nineteenth-century central overland travel fills a conspicuous gap in historical literature, and will greatly accelerate research, writing, and collecting.

Platte River Road Narratives includes not only all identifiable overland accounts, but also a number of those identifiable in manuscript form only. Over 2,000 entries identify the author, the form of the passage, overland trip, and give Matte's authoritative commentary and evaluation, as well as identification of the repository of the source material.