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| Foreword | ||
| Preface | ||
| Introduction: The Historians and the Overlanders | 3 | |
| Ch. 1 | Public Opinion, 1849-60: "Palpable Homicide" Or "Merry as a Marriage Bell"? | 28 |
| Ch. 2 | Public Opinion, 1849-60: Humbugging and Helping | 62 |
| Ch. 3 | Motivations and Beginnings: "Life at a Fair" | 90 |
| Ch. 4 | Emigrant Interaction: "Our Journey Has Not Been as Solitary as We Feared" | 118 |
| Ch. 5 | Emigrant-Indian Interaction: From "Mutual Aid" To "Massacres" | 156 |
| Ch. 6 | The Federal Government: "Good Fellow Uncle Sam Is" | 201 |
| Ch. 7 | Private Entrepreneurs, 1840-49: "While Others Are Chasing Wealth They Are Catching It, No Dream" | 244 |
| Ch. 8 | Private Entrepreneurs, 1850-60: "Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth" | 267 |
| Ch. 9 | The Mormon "Halfway House": "It Cost Nothing to Get in, But a Great Deal to Get Out" | 302 |
| Ch. 10 | West Coast Assistance: "Are You Men from California, Or Do You Come from Heaven?" | 338 |
| Ch. 11 | The Overlanders in Historical Perspective: "To Endure Heat Like a Salamander. . . and Labor Like a Jackass" | 379 |
| Notes | 417 | |
| Bibliography | 519 | |
| Index | 555 |
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BROOKE NOBLE
reviewed The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60 on September 22, 2017 The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60
If you are going to read about the westward migration across the Plains, this is the book to read. Comprehensive, well documented and very well written, the book is one of those rare doctoral thesis that becomes a wonderful book for a wide audience. Ten years to write, it is a beautiful contribution to the history of America's westward expansion. The bibliography contains a wealth of research material that you could spend a lifetime reading with enjoyment.
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