A Pictorial Story of the Oregon - California Trail [Paperback]

Roy Kerswill (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: February 1996

Contains full color illustrations of 28 paintings of incidents along the full length of the California/Oregon Trail with descriptions of same.

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"...How grand Roy Kerswill's vision is, how vast his energy. I hold this book in my hands with amazement." -- Win Blevins, author

About the Author

Migrated to North America March 1948 from England. Travelled from West Coast of USA to New Orleans by 18 foot canoe as an artist/writer.

Education: scholarship from Bristol College of Art, England.

Product Details

Paperback: 71 pages
Publisher: Heritage Associates; 1st edition (February 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0965070301
ISBN-13: 978-0965070300
Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8.7 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,961,999 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Inside This Book (learn more)

First Sentence:
This endeavor by Roy Kerswill to record the Oregon/ California Trail in pictorial form is something that has never before been attempted. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Platte River, Oregon Trail, Raft River, Mary Ann, Oregon City, South Pass, Blue Mountains, Snake River, California Trail, Truckee River, Columbia River, North Platte, Ash Hollow, Flagstaff Hill, Fort Boise, Roy Kerswill, Bear River, Donner Creek, Fort Bridger, Fort Vancouver, Jackson Hole, New Zealand, Fourth of July, Independence Rock, Laurel Hill

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Citations (learn more)

This book cites 17 books:

Great Platte River Road by Merrill J. Mattes on page 9, and Back Matter
The Oregon Trail by The Learning Company on page 11, and page 68
The Rocky Mountains (World's Wild Places) by Bryce S. Walker on page 18
St. Louis, Missouri by AAA (Organization : U.S.) in Back Matter
The Oregon Trail: Story of the Lost Trail to Oregon by Ezra Meeker in Back Matter

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Historic Sites and Markers along the Mormon and Other Great Western Trails by Stanley Buchholz Kimball

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Studies in Mormon History, 1830-1997 by James B. Allen

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