The Prairie Traveler Applewood Books Paperback 0918222893 9780918222893 Randolph B. Marcy

from Linda

Not quite what I was hoping for. I was looking for more detail about prarie living but I haven't readvery far yet

from setnahkt

Although rumored to be commissioned by the War Department in response to the Donner Party disaster, The Prairie Traveler has no explicit mention of the Donners. It's certainly full of advice that would have been useful; how to pack your wagons; the relative merits of mules vs oxen (mules for shor...

from untraveller

Interesting, but not as good as I had hoped....too much material fom outside the prairie....

from cathyskye

This is a Dover reprint of the original publication of the handbook many pioneers swore by as they headed west across the United States in the nineteenth century. Anyone who has an interest in the nineteenth century, whether it be literature, design, or history, should be acquainted with Dover Pu...

from cathyskye

This is a Dover reprint of the original publication of the handbook many pioneers swore by as they headed west across the United States in the nineteenth century. Anyone who has an interest in the nineteenth century, whether it be literature, design, or history, should be acquainted with Dover Pu...