Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail /
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| Author / Creator: | Field, Matthew C. |
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| Imprint: | Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1995. |
| Description: | xxix, 322 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The American exploration and travel series ; v. 29 American exploration and travel series ; v. 29. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1744661 |
| Summary: | In 1839 a journalist for the New Orleans Picayune, Matthew C. Field, joined a company of merchants and tourists headed west on the Santa Fe Trail. Leaving Independence, Missouri, early in July "with a few wagons and a carefree spirit," Field recorded his vivid impressions of travel westward on the Santa Fe Trail and, on the return trip, eastward along the Cimarron Route. Written in verse in his journal and in eighty-five articles later published in the Picayune, Field's observations offer the modern reader a unique glimpse of life in the settlements of Mexico and on the Santa Fe Trail. |
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| Physical Description: | xxix, 322 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0806127163 |
