MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01737nam a22003378a 4500
001 2012008720
003 DLC
005 20120316142008.0
008 120315s2012 oku b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2012008720
020 $a9780806142845 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780870624186 (special edition : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-usp--$an-us-ca
050 00 $aF593$b.B138 2012
082 00 $a304.80978$223
100 1 $aBagley, Will,$d1950-
245 10 $aWith golden visions bright before them :$btrails to the mining West, 1849-1852 /$cWill Bagley.
260 $aNorman :$bUniversity of Oklahoma Press,$cc2012.
263 $a1210
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aOverland West : the story of the Oregon & California Trails and the creation of the mining West ;$vv. 2
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aMen of enterprise and adventure : the rush begins -- Avarice seems to rule : the forty-niners set out -- Which road to take? : South Pass to City of Rocks -- First flight of forty-niners : the race to the goldfields -- Shortcuts to death : cutoffs, detours, and delusion in 1849 -- A new and shorter route : Lassen's Horn -- Passing swarms : the trails in 1850 -- The very windows of heaven : the bust of 1851 -- The great tide of emigration : the trails in 1852 -- This insatiate thirst for gold : the birth of the mining West.
650 0 $aOverland journeys to the Pacific.
650 0 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zWest (U.S.)
651 0 $aCalifornia$xGold discoveries.
651 0 $aCalifornia National Historic Trail$xHistory.
651 0 $aOregon National Historic Trail$xHistory.
651 0 $aWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y1848-1860.