Hard road west : history and geology along the Gold Rush trail /

Hard road west : history and geology along the Gold Rush trail /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Meldahl, Keith Heyer.
Edition:	Pbk. ed.
Imprint:	Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2008, c2007.
Description:	xxi, 329 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century. Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography. Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) Overland journeys to the Pacific. Landscape -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century. Landforms -- West (U.S.) Geology -- West (U.S.) Frontier and pioneer life. Geography. Geology. Landforms. Landscapes. Overland journeys to the Pacific. Pioneers. Travel. West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860. West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. West (U.S.) -- Geography. United States, West. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7724988

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ISBN:	9780226519623 (pbk.) 0226519627 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction: Stardust
1. An American Journey
2. Between Winter's Chill Brackets
3. Ascending the Plains
4. Exhumed Mountains and Hungry Rivers
5. Black Hills and Bent Rock
6. To the Backbone of the Continent
7. Cordilleran Upheaval
8. Most Godforsaken Country
9. The Bear and the Snake
10. A Breaking Up of the World
11. Most Miserable River
12. The Worst Desert You Ever Saw
13. Into the Land of Gold
14. Contingent History
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Figure
Credits
Index