In the autumn of 1848 a party of thirty-four men left the Missouri River bound for the unchartered Rocky Mountains of Colorado, to find a route for the first railway through the American West. There were two thousand miles of wilderness, and the leader, John Charles Fremont. was taking them into the worst winter in living memory. In sub-zero temperatures, they endured blizzards that lasted for days on end. There were clashes of personality, appalling mistakes of judgement, amazing courage and some inevitable starvation. ...
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In the autumn of 1848 a party of thirty-four men left the Missouri River bound for the unchartered Rocky Mountains of Colorado, to find a route for the first railway through the American West. There were two thousand miles of wilderness, and the leader, John Charles Fremont. was taking them into the worst winter in living memory. In sub-zero temperatures, they endured blizzards that lasted for days on end. There were clashes of personality, appalling mistakes of judgement, amazing courage and some inevitable starvation. Holed up, they ate their mules, their candles and their boots. Here, Gwen Moffat retraces the footsteps of this disastrous expedition.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo. 211pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or green cloth boards in jacket. Small tear at top of front panel of jacket. Light even toning to pages. In 1848 a party of 34 men left the Missouri River for the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to chart a route for the first railway through the American West. The author retraces that doomed expedition interweaving her own journey with the chilling tale of Fremont and his men.
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Very Good/Very Good hard cover. 8vo, boards, 211pp, illus. edgewear, nicks, tears taped inside spine, dust jacket. yellowing, clean and tight text. shelved in places.
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0708991181. Hardcover; London; Charnwood; 1999; A 1st Edition; 1 x 9.25 x 6.25 Inches; Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Charnwood Library; 9.25 X 6.25 X 1 inches.