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Paperback copy of The Prairie Traveler handbook for overland expeditions by Cosimo Classics, featuring vintage-style cover art.
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Paperback copy of The Prairie Traveler handbook for overland expeditions by Cosimo Classics, featuring vintage-style cover art.

The Prairie Traveler, a Handbook for Overland Expeditions

Cosimo Classics
Price:
$21.32

Description

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
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.65d
ISBN13: 9781602067738
ISBN10: 1602067732
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | United States | West | General