The Prairie Traveler, A Handbook For Overland Expeditions (Hardcover)

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...