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"In one very real sense," David Lavender writes, "the story of the Oregon Trail begins with Columbus." This opening suggests the panoramic sweep of his history of that famous trail. In chiseled, colorful prose, Lavender illustrates the "westward vision" that impelled the early explorers of the American interior looking for a northwest passage and send fur trappers into the region charted by Lewis and Clark. For the emigrants following the trappers' routes, that vision gradually grew into a show more sense of a manifest American destiny. Lavender describes the efforts of emigra show lessTags
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well done research like all of David Lavender's books, good use of quotes from travelers journals. The background was maybe too much, began with the beginning of the fur trade in New France rather than the beginning of the overland trails. On the other hand he was right that the Westward Movement began with fur trade and the fur trade began with the French.
One very interesting point was the many times that South Pass was discovered and forgotten again before it became the main way over the Rockies.
One very interesting point was the many times that South Pass was discovered and forgotten again before it became the main way over the Rockies.
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David Lavender's publications include One Man's West, Bent's Fort, The First in the Wilderness, and California: Land of New Beginnings
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- Canonical title
- Westward Vision; The Oregon Trail
- Original publication date
- 1963
- People/Characters
- William Sublette; Marcus Whitman; Horace Greeley
- Important places
- Independence, Missouri, USA; St. Joseph, Missouri, USA; Oregon City, Oregon, USA; Oregon Trail, USA; American West
- Dedication
- To Val and David, Larry, Shannon, Davy, and Martha
- First words
- The story of the Oregon Trail begins in one very real sense with Columbus.
- Original language
- English
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- 108
- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.33)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 3
