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The Overland Journey From Utah To California: Wagon Travel From The City Of Saints To The City Of Angels
Edward Leo Lyman
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Description for The Overland Journey From Utah To California: Wagon Travel From The City Of Saints To The City Of Angels
Paperback. The wagon trail between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles is one of the most important but least-known roads of nineteenth-century western migration. This book tells the first history of the complete Southern Route and of the people who developed and used it. It also discusses the exploration and development of the Old Spanish Trail. Num Pages: 304 pages, 51 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 581.
The wagon trail between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles is one of the most important but least-known roads of nineteenth-century western migration. Known as the Southern Route, it included the western half of the Old Spanish Trail and was favored because it could be used year-round. This book is the first history of the complete Southern Route and of the people who developed and used it. Based on extensive research in primary sources, including many early travelers' accounts, and on the author's own traverse of the route and its branches, the book discusses the exploration and development of the ... Read more
The wagon trail between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles is one of the most important but least-known roads of nineteenth-century western migration. Known as the Southern Route, it included the western half of the Old Spanish Trail and was favored because it could be used year-round. This book is the first history of the complete Southern Route and of the people who developed and used it. Based on extensive research in primary sources, including many early travelers' accounts, and on the author's own traverse of the route and its branches, the book discusses the exploration and development of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874177527
SKU
V9780874177527
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Edward Leo Lyman
Edward Leo Lyman is a distinguished scholar of western transportation and community history, specializing in Mormon politics and migrations. He is the author of five books and more than twenty journal articles.
Reviews for The Overland Journey From Utah To California: Wagon Travel From The City Of Saints To The City Of Angels
"The excellent quality of research and writing, the addition of many photographs and maps, make this easily read book the final word on the topic." - Utah Historical Quarterly "Lyman has captured for us the essence and significance of this forbidding trail and elevated it into the mainstream of western trail history." - Southern California Quarterly "Edward Leo Lyman here ... Read more