Hard road west : history & geology along the Gold Rush trail / Keith Heyer Meldahl.
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TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 329 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
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- 9780226923291
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- Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
- Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
- West (U.S.) -- Geography
- Landscapes -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
- Landforms -- West (U.S.)
- Geology -- West (U.S.)
- Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique
- États-Unis (Ouest) -- Histoire -- 1848-1860
- États-Unis (Ouest) -- Descriptions et voyages
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Geography
- Geology
- Landforms
- Landscapes
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Pioneers
- Travel
- West United States
- Erschließung
- Wilder Westen
- Frontier
- Goldrausch
- USA
- Frontier
- Goldrausch
- Geologie
- Weststaaten (USA)
- 1800-1899
- 978/.02 22
- F593 .M479 2007eb
- digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
- Association of American Publishers PROSE Award, 2007.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-315) and index.
Preface -- Introduction : Stardust -- 1. An American journey -- 2. Between winter's chill brackets -- 3. Ascending the plains -- 4. Exhumed mountains and hungry rivers -- 5. Black Hills and bent rock -- 6. To the backbone of the continent -- 7. Cordilleran upheaval -- 8. Most godforsaken country -- 9. The bear and the snake -- 10. A breaking up of the world -- 11. Most miserable river -- 12. The worst desert you ever saw -- 13. Into the land of gold -- 14. Contingent history -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Figure credits -- Index.
In 1849 news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, and fertile soil of the eastern United States in favor of the rough-hewn lands of the American West. The dramatic terrain they struggled to cross is so familiar to us now that it is hard to imagine how frightening--even godforsaken--its sheer rock faces and barren deserts seemed to our forebears. This book brings their perspective vividly to life, weaving together the epic overland journey of the covered wagon trains and the compelling story of the landscape they encountered. Geologist Meldahl uses diaries and letters of the settlers themselves--as well as the countless hours he has spent following the trail--to reveal how the geology and geography of the West directly affected our nation's westward expansion.--From publisher description.
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