Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852

"As Told by Mary Ann and Willis Boatman and Augmented with Accounts by other Overland Travelers." - sub-title. "With numbers swelled by Oregon-bound settlers and gold-seekers destined for California, the 1852 overland migration was the largest on record in a year when deadly cholera took a terrible toll in lives. Included here are firsthand accounts of this fateful year, including the words and thoughts of a young married couple, Mary Ann and Willis Boatman, released for the first time in book-length form." - back panel of book's dust jacket. Illustrated with maps and black & white photographs. Also, the book includes extensive notes, a nice bibliography, and an index. ix + 244 pages. Full cloth binding with gold lettering. Weldon Rau, the author, a great grandson of the Boatmans, signed this copy of the book on the title page. The pictorial dust jacket is housed in an archival quality Brodart book jacket cover. And, the book will be sent to you well packed in a box.