Trails of Hope: Overland Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869

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Trails of Hope: Overland Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869 is a collection of the original writings of 49 voyagers on the Mormon, California, Oregon, and Montana trails who wrote while traveling on the trail. Some diarists speak with uncommon eloquence and others with maddening brevity, while telling their stories of persistence and pain, birth and death, God and gold, dust and debris, bugs and buffalo, love and laughter, and trail tedium. Accompanying the original diary images and their searchable transcripts are 43 contemporary maps; seven trail guides; 82 photographs, watercolors and art sketches; four essays on the Mormon and California trails, maps and trail guides; "Suggested Readings" for further discovery; and brief biographies of 45 of the 49 diarists.

Overland journeys to the Pacific.

Westward movement--United States--1820-1880.

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North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Southwest U.S. (general region)
Pacific Coast U.S. (general region)
Mountain Region U.S. (general region)

1800-1849
1846-1869
1850-1899

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Trail guides

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59 diary volumes, 82 photographs and works of art, 43 contemporary maps, and seven trail guides. In all there are nearly 10,000 images, including 7000 images of trail diaries and letters, 2350 images of trail guides, 82 images of photographs and art works, and 43 map images.

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