{"product_id":"so-rugged-and-mountainous-blazing-the-trails-to-oregon-and-california-1812-1848-volume-1-9780806159799","title":"So Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812-1848 Volume 1","description":"The story of America's westward migration is a powerful blend of fact and fable. Over the course of three decades, almost a million eager fortune-hunters, pioneers, and visionaries transformed the face of a continent--and displaced its previous inhabitants. The people who made the long and perilous journey over the Oregon and California trails drove this swift and astonishing change. In this magisterial volume, Will Bagley tells why and how this massive emigration began.\u003cp\u003eWhile many previous authors have told parts of this story, Bagley has recast it in its entirety for modern readers. Drawing on research he conducted for the National Park Service's Long Distance Trails Office, he has woven a wealth of primary sources--personal letters and journals, government documents, newspaper reports, and folk accounts--into a compelling narrative that reinterprets the first years of overland migration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with photographs and historical maps, \u003ci\u003eSo Rugged and Mountainous\u003c\/i\u003e is the first of a projected four-volume history, \u003ci\u003eOverland West: The Story of the Oregon and California Trails.\u003c\/i\u003e This sweeping series describes how the \"Road across the Plains\" transformed the American West and became an enduring part of its legacy. And by showing that overland emigration would not have been possible without the cooperation of Native peoples and tribes, it places American Indians at the center of trail history, not on its margins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBagley, Will:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eWill Bagley\u003c\/b\u003e (1950-2021) was an independent historian who has written about overland emigration, frontier violence, railroads, mining, and the Mormons. Bagley has published extensively over the years and is the author and editor of many books, articles, and reviews in professional journals. Bagley is the series editor of Arthur H. Clark Company's documentary history series, \u003ci\u003eKINGDOM IN THE WEST: The Mormons and the American Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e. Bagley has been a Wallace Stegner Centennial Fellow at the University of Utah and the Archibald Hanna, Jr. Fellow in American History at Yale University's Beinecke Library. \u003ci\u003eBlood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows\u003c\/i\u003e has won numerous awards including a Spur Award from Western Writers of America, the Bancroft History Prize from the Denver Public Library, Westerners International Best Book, and the Western History Association Caughey Book Prize for the most distinguished book on the history of the American West. \u003ci\u003eSo Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812-1848 \u003c\/i\u003eis the first of four volumes of \u003ci\u003eOverland West: The Story of the Oregon and California Trails Series. \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50675052282130,"sku":"9780806159799","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_74f18983-7bb8-427b-babf-337328d0e263.jpg?v=1733870585","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/so-rugged-and-mountainous-blazing-the-trails-to-oregon-and-california-1812-1848-volume-1-9780806159799","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}