California Trail: Voyage of Discovery :The Story Behind the Scenery [Paperback]

Charles H. Dodd (Author), Cheri C. Madison (Editor), Jeff Gnass (Photographer), Stanley W. Paher (Technical Editor), K.C. DenDooven (Designer)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 7, 1996

Follow the gold seekers from the Missouri River to California, land of opportunity. Share their trials as they cross such inhospitable barriers as the 40 Mile Desert; experience their joy as they near their dream. Excerpts from the emigrant diaries bring their struggle to life for adventurers a century and a half later.

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From the Publisher

With this series experience the day-to-day life of westward-bound emigrants through vivid photography and actual quotes from pioneer diaries. Explore the Oregon, Santa Fe, Mormon, and California trails; accompany John Wesley Powell down the Colorado River; and retrace the Lewis and Clark expedition.

About the Author

Charles Dodd is a writer with trail dust on his boots. A former director of the Oregon-California Trails association, he often gives talks interpreting the California Trail and frequently serves as a Trail guide. Thomas H. Hunt assisted in the preparation of this publications by selecting quotations and reviewing the text. Jeff Gnass travels extensively throughout the continent photographing scenic and historic places, and documenting our heritage lands. Since first picking up a large-format camera in 1978, his images have graced thousands of pages in books, calendars and magazines.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: KC Publications, Inc. (May 7, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887141129
• ISBN-13: 978-0887141126
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,098,691 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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