Seven Trails West Author:Arthur King Peters The first book of its kind, Seven Trails West explores the major routes that linked the country to the Far West: the trail blazed by Lewis and Clark, the Santa FeTrail, the Oregon-California Trail, the Mormon Trail, the Pony Express, the Transcontinental Telegraph, and the Transcontinental Railroad. Seven Trails West tells many stories in one: ... more »the epic tale of determined men and women (some of them famous trailbreakers, some little known); the lures that attracted thesepragmatic dreamers to the West; and the ordeals and disappointments they overcame along the way. Abundantly illustrated with a far-ranging selection of archivalphotographs, paintings, and documents, this handsome volume also features clear maps of each of the trails and striking color photographs of the challenging terraintraversed by the emigrants. With its vivid prose and illuminating illustrations, Seven Trails West offers the general reader a thought-provoking overview of the western trail network that bound an immature nation together and provided an armature for later development. By turns a disturbing and inspiriting account, this exhilarating volume explores the virtues and vices,the triumphs and failures of the greatest voluntary mass migration in history. The critical yet still little-known role played by the trails in this migration is vital forunderstanding how America came to be. Other Details:208 illustrations, 56 in full color252 pages9 7/8 x 9 7/8"Published 1996« less