The Perilous West: Seven Amazing Explorers and the Founding of the Oregon Trail

by Larry E. Morris

Book Overview

Although a host of adventurers stormed west in 1806 after Lewis and Clark's safe return, seven of them left unique legacies because of their monumental journeys, their lionhearted spirit in the face of hardship, and the way their paths intertwined time and again. The Perilous West tells this riveting story in depth for the first time, focusing on each of the seven explorers in turn - Ramsay Crooks, Robert McClellan, John Hoback, Jacob Reznor, Edward...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442211121
• ISBN13: 9781442211124
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"