Far from home
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Takes a look at the human cost of the cross continental trek. Using letters and diaries, the author pieces together the sagas of 3 families of the mid-19th to the early 20th centuries who ventured West. --From publisher's description.
HistoryPioneersSocial life and customsFrontier and pioneer lifeFamily relationshipsBiographyFamilyOverland journeys to the PacificFamiliesFallstudiensammlungFamilienlebenFrontier and pioneer life, west (u.s.)