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Title: Handcarts to Zion: The Story of a Unique Western Migration, 1856-1860: With Contemporary Journals, Accounts, Reports; And Rosters of Members of the by Leroy Reuben Hafen, Ann W. Hafen, Le Roy Reuben Hafen ISBN: 0-8032-7255-3 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: May, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Summary: A good account of the handcart migration to Utah
Comment: When we think of people migrating westward in the 19th century, we tend to think of covered wagons rolling along the Oregon trail. What many of us don't realize is that many people made the trek by handcart--small, wooden carts that they themselves pulled all the way west. These carts, though they had to be pulled by hand, were often able to make the trip in substantially less time than were covered wagons--and at a fraction of the cost.
Under the direction of the Mormon church, ten caravans of these carts crossed the plains into Utah. Two of them met with disaster as a result of poor planning among the companies' leadership, but for the most part this form of migration was a successful one.
In this book, Hafen gives details about each of the ten companies, including charts showing mileage and number of immigrants. Though the book is tailored to an LDS audience, it's scope is broad, and it should be of interest to anyone wanting to study the colonization of the American West.
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Title: Trail of Hope: The Story of the Mormon Trail by Michael Landon, William W. Slaughter ISBN: 1573452513 Publisher: Shadow Mountain Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: Fire of the Covenant: A Novel of the Willie and Martin Handcart Companies by Gerald N. Lund ISBN: 1570086850 Publisher: Bookcraft Pubs Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail by Wallace Earle Stegner ISBN: 0803292139 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: May, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: American Massacre : The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857 by Sally Denton ISBN: 0375412085 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 17 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Recollections of a Handcart Pioneer of 1860: A Woman's Life on the Mormon Frontier by Mary Ann Hafen ISBN: 0803272197 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: May, 1983 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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