Over The Rim [Paperback]

William Smart (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1999

"This little-known expedition, led by Parley P. Pratt, thus had a large impact on Utah history. It was also a dramatic and adventurous journey. The journals of the expedition - published complete in Over the Rim for the first time - record the feat of an unusual party of righteous frontiersmen who, challenged by harsh weather and difficult terrain, opened a way for Mormon expansion toward the Pacific coast and along the way documented much about both their new homeland and the native Utes and Paiutes their people would displace."--BOOK JACKET.

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Utah State University Press; 1 edition (December 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874212812
• ISBN-13: 978-0874212815
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #679,300 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, August 8, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Over The Rim (Paperback)

I enjoy reading diaries of the pioneers and explorers of the American West and this book is one of the best I've read. After each diary entry the editor provides additional information to clarify. I especially enjoyed the appendix which provides a brief biography and a picture of each member of the expedition. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the old west.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Book To Read While Laying On Your Belly & A Hundred Other Positions, February 3, 2009

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This review is from: Over The Rim (Paperback)

Over The Rim
Indians, hieroglyphics, encounters with Purbelow the horse-thief, hundreds of miles of "cheerless snow", 2 quarts of bile, catamounts, "one bump on the road...forty miles long", juniper trees, boxing, "pickles & coffee got up in a style not easily surpassed"...

Over the Rim is an easy to follow, engaging look into the lives of Parley P Pratt and the (give or take a few) attending fifty on the exploration of Southern Utah. It's a little remembered historical trek that proved the faith and physical endurance of these men. Thanks to the editors, we have a book that calls back to the Old West, the Mormon pioneers, and the settlers of the state of Utah.