Screen LibraryThe plains across：the overland emigrants and the trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60
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University of Illinois Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Urbana |
| Publication Dates: | c1979. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xviii, 565 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0252006984 9780252006982 |
| Index Number: | I712 |
| CLC: |
I712.65 K712.9 |
| Call Number: | K712.9/U589-1 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: The historians and the Overlanders -- Public opinion, 1840-48 : "Palpable homicide" or "Merry as a marriage bell"? -- Public opinion, 1849-60 : humbugging and helping -- Motivations and beginnings : "Life is at a fair" -- Emigrant interaction : "Our journey has not been as solitary as we feared" -- Emigrant-Indian interaction : from "mutual aid" to "massacres" -- The federal government : "Good fellow Uncle Sam is" -- Private entrepreneurs, 1840-49 : "While others are chasing wealth they are catching it, no dream" -- Private entrepreneurs, 1950-60 : "Too many cooks spoil the broth" -- The Mormon "halfway house" : "It costs nothing to get in, but a great deal to get out" -- West Coast assistance : "Are you men from California, or do you come from heaven?" -- The Overlanders in historical perspective : "To endure heat like a salamander ... and labor like a jackass". |