A history of the incredible heroism and dangerous folly of the mid-Western farmers who made their way to Oregon and California in the 1840s. Using original diar... » 

A history of the incredible heroism and dangerous folly of the mid-Western farmers who made their way to Oregon and California in the 1840s. Using original diaries and memoirs, it presents individual stories, such as that of Brigham Young and the Mormons, as well as thematic investigations. «