Hard road west : history & geology along the Gold Rush trail / Keith Heyer Meldahl.

Author/creator Meldahl, Keith Heyer
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Descriptionxxi, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Pioneers--West (U.S.). --History. --19th century.
Pioneers--West (U.S.). --Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Landscapes--West (U.S.). --History. --19th century.
Landforms--West (U.S.).
Geology--West (U.S.).
West (U.S.)--History. --1848-1860.
West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
West (U.S.)--Geography.

Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [307]-315) and index.
LCCN 2007011052
ISBN9780226519609 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226519600 (cloth : alk. paper)