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1 electronic document (492 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Archived by the National Library of New Zealand. |
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Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Mar. 30, 2011). |
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Hypertext links contained in the archived instances of this title are non-functional. Nz |
| Contents |
The frontier -- Breaking the ice -- Fort Leavenworth -- "Jumping off" -- "The Big Blue" -- The Platte and the desert -- The buffalo -- Taking French leave -- Scenes at Fort Laramie -- The war parties -- Scenes at the camp -- Ill luck -- Hunting Indians -- The Ogallalla village -- The hunting camp -- The trappers -- The Black Hills -- A mountain hunt -- Passage of the mountains -- The lonely journey -- The Pueblo and Bent's Fort -- Tete Rouge, the volunteer -- Indian alarms -- The chase -- The buffalo camp -- Down the Arkansas -- The settlements. |
| Summary |
Take a trip back in time on the Oregon Trail. This series of non-fiction essays from Francis Parkman details life on the nineteenth-century American frontier, detailing the summer a young Parkman traveled through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas. Along the way, the author spent time hunting and fishing, as well as participating in a buffalo hunt led by members of the Native American tribe, the Oglala Sioux. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893 -- Travel -- West (U.S.)
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Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893. |
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Travel. |
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Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893. |
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Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
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Frontier and pioneer life. |
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West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
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| Chronological Term |
To 1848 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| ISBN |
9781775419051 |
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1775419053 |
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