02103nam a2200301 i 4500009038362MiAaHDL20230405000000.0m d cr bn ---auaua870306s1859 nyuabf 000 0 eng d00001230//rsdr-hvd.990042394600203941sdr-njp.9924507253506421(MH)004239460HVD01-Aleph(MH)Aleph004239460(OCoLC)318393995(OCoLC)2832019CDSCDSn-usp--F593.M31 1859F593.M31Marcy, Randolph B.(Randolph Barnes),1812-1887.The prairie traveler :A hand-book for overland expeditions, with maps, illustrations, and itineraries of the principal routes between the Mississippi and the Pacific.[Microform] /By Randolph B. Marcy ... ; Published by authority of the War Departmt.New York :Harper & Brothers,1859.xiii, [15]-340 p. :ill., plates, fold. map ;18 cm.References: Howes, U.S.IANA, no. M.279.This was the indispensable handbook for American pioneers traveling west in the mid 19th century. Commissioned and published by the U.S. government and written in a straightforward and helpful voice by U.S. Army officer Randolph Barnes Marcy (1812-1887), it offers all the useful and necessary advice overland travelers to the far West needed to ensure a safe journey: . the different routes to California and Oregon . how to pack a wagon for the journey . finding and purifying water . repairing broken wagons . weathering storms . how to handle saddle wounds . the best way to make a fire on the prairie . interacting with Indians . hints on the best methods of hunting . and much more. Complete with all the original maps and illustrations, this replica edition is a remarkable artifact of one of the most exciting and dangerous eras in American history.AmazonMode of access: Internet.TravelWest (U.S.)Description and travel.Online version:Marcy, Randolph Barnes, 1812-1887.Prairie traveler.New York, Harper & Bros., 1859(OCoLC)682481597Western Americana, 1550-1900reel 355, no. 3472.00903836220200726013719.020230405000000.020230406071651.02025-12-02T23:16:00Z2025-01-05T18:30:02Z2025-12-02T22:30:03ZSDR-HVDhvdALMAprepare.pl-004-008BKsdr-hvd.990042394600203941hvdSDRHVD004239460hvd.hb0n8nHVD990042394600203941HVDHVD20251202googlehvd.hb0n8n1859pdbibUS bib date1 < 1931NJPNJP20260406googlenjp.321010798260931859pdbibUS bib date1 < 1931