Cosimo Classics
Prairie Traveler, a Handbook for Overland Expeditions
Product Code:
9781646796601
ISBN13:
9781646796601
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New
$28.48
Prairie Traveler, a Handbook for Overland Expeditions
$28.48
This was the indispensable handbook for American pioneers traveling west in the mid 19th century. Commissioned and published by the U.S. government and written in a straightforward and helpful voice by U.S. Army officer Randolph Barnes Marcy (1812-1887), it offers all the useful and necessary advice overland travelers to the far West needed to ensure a safe journey: . the different routes to California and Oregon . how to pack a wagon for the journey . finding and purifying water . repairing broken wagons . weathering storms . how to handle saddle wounds . the best way to make a fire on the prairie . interacting with Indians . hints on the best methods of hunting . and much more. Complete with all the original maps and illustrations, this replica edition is a remarkable artifact of one of the most exciting and dangerous eras in American history.
| Author: Randolph Barnes Marcy |
| Publisher: Cosimo Classics |
| Publication Date: Sep 01, 2007 |
| Number of Pages: 288 pages |
| Binding: Hardback or Cased Book |
| ISBN-10: 1646796608 |
| ISBN-13: 9781646796601 |
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