The Plains Across : The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60 Paperback - 1993
by Unruh, John D
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Details
- Title The Plains Across : The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60
- Author Unruh, John D
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Unabridged
- Condition Used - Good+
- Pages 592
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Illinois Press, Urbana
- Date 1993
- Abridged Yes
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Abridged, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 010061
- ISBN 9780252063602 / 0252063600
- Weight 1.79 lbs (0.81 kg)
- Dimensions 9.22 x 6.01 x 1.37 in (23.42 x 15.27 x 3.48 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: Plains
- Library of Congress subjects West (U.S.) - History - To 1848, Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93-13751
- Dewey Decimal Code 978.02
From the rear cover
The most honored book ever released by the University of Illinois Press, The Plains Across was the result of more than a decade's work by its author. Here, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Oregon Trail, is a paperback reissue that includes the notes, bibliography, and illustrations contained in the 1979 cloth edition.
