THE FORTY-NINERS The Chronicle of the California Trail

Hardback. 5th printing of US 1st edn. The complete chronicle of what happened to those thousands of men and women who toiled through the dust and misery and incredible adventures of the crossing of the Overland Trail to California in the days of the Gold Rush. The author, one of America's noted authorities on Western history, describes the courage of the brave men and women who forced their cumbersome loads over rivers, marshes and mountains to reach their goal, facing Indian raids, poisoned water, insufficient food and other tragedies that decimated their numbers by the end of the trail. Illus. with nearly 100 cartoons as well as many original drawings and Maps, Bibliog. and Index. 340pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. With tiny label to fpd, a few pencil markings to text, uncut edges, o/w Vg+ in sl. frayed Vg. protected dw. (Wheat 'Books of Gold Rush' no. 107).