Description: Further DetailsTitle: Hard Road WestCondition: NewEAN: 9780226519623ISBN: 9780226519623Publisher: University of Chicago PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/01/2008Description: 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."Hard Road West" 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. Taking readers along the 2,000-mile California Trail, Keith Heyer Meldahl uses the 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.He guides us through a corrugated landscape of sawtooth mountains, following the meager streams that served as lifelines through an arid land, all the way to California itself, where colliding tectonic plates created breathtaking scenery and planted the gold that lured travelers west in the first place.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USAuthor: Keith Heyer MeldahlGenre: HistorySubtitle: History and Geology along the Gold Rush TrailItem Height: 23mmItem Length: 16mmItem Width: 2mmItem Weight: 510gTopic: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Hard Road West
Title: Hard Road West
EAN: 9780226519623
ISBN: 9780226519623
Release Date: 09/01/2008
Release Year: 2008
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Subtitle: History and Geology along the Gold Rush Trail
Book Title: Hard Road West : History and Geology Along the Gold Rush Trail
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / West / General, United States / 19th Century, Earth Sciences / Geology, Adventurers & Explorers, General, Earth Sciences / General
Publication Year: 2008
Item Height: 0.8 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Travel, Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 18.3 Oz
Item Length: 8.9 in
Author: Keith Heyer Meldahl
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
