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Far from home: families of the westward journey

by Schlissel, Lillian
Additional authors: Joint Author -- Gibbens, Byrd | Joint Author -- Hampsten, Elizabeth | Foreword -- Coles, Robert
Published by : Schocken Books (New York) Physical details: 264 p ISBN:0805240527. ISSN:978080524
Subject(s): Brown -- History -- Families -- West (U.S.) | Malick -- History -- Families -- West (U.S.) | Martin -- History -- Families -- West (U.S.) | Neher -- History -- Families -- West (U.S.) | West (U.S.) | West (U.S.) | West (U.S.)
Year: 1989
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900 - 999 978.020922 Sch (Browse shelf) Available In Memory of : Grace Wilkins 61660

Includes index.

The Malick Family in Oregon Territory, 1848-1867 / by Lillian Schlissel -- Contains :
Charles and Maggie Brown in Colorado and New Mexico, 1880-1930 / by Byrd Gibbens --
The Nehers and the Martins in North Dakota, 1909-1911 / by Elizabeth Hampsten --
Families and frontiers: a reading for our time / by Lillian Schlissel.

Contains : The Malick Family in Oregon Territory, 1848-1867 / by Lillian Schlissel --
Charles and Maggie Brown in Colorado and New Mexico, 1880-1930 / by Byrd Gibbens --
The Nehers and the Martins in North Dakota, 1909-1911 / by Elizabeth Hampsten --
Families and frontiers: a reading for our time / by Lillian Schlissel.

Takes a look at the human cost of the cross continental trek. Using letters and diaries, the author pieces together the sagas of 3 families of the mid-19th to the early 20th centuries who ventured West. --From publisher's description.

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