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The Splendid Wayfaring

Gelesen von Phil Schempf

(4,441 Sterne; 76 Bewertungen)

Quote:
"In the following pages I have told the story of that body of adventurers who, from 1822 to 1829, opened the way for the expansion of our nation beyond the Missouri. I have made Jedediah Smith the central figure of my story, for of all explorers of the Great West he was in many ways the most remarkable, though, heretofore, our school children have not even heard his name. In order to give the student a sense of the continuity of history, I have begun my narrative with a brief account of the movement across the Alleghenies and down the Ohio River after the Revolutionary War; and I have suggested the relation of westward expansion in America to the whole race movement from the beginning."
(from the preface) (6 hr 45 min)

Chapters

Preface

4:40

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I - Down the Ohio

32:44

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II - At St. Louis

16:05

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III - Northbound with the Robins

17:25

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IV - The Battle

18:08

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V - The Express to Henry

18:57

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VI - The Two Parties Unite

13:17

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VII - The Leavenworth Campaign

18:42

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VIII - Westward by the Grand

25:03

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IX - Jed Wrestles with Death

14:26

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X - The Ghost

17:14

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XI - The First White Men Through South Pass

10:30

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XII - Treasure and Trouble Therewith

16:50

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XIII - The Return

15:19

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XIV - Ashley's Long Winter Trail

21:46

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XV - Down Green River

13:24

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XVI - The Rendezvous

18:21

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XVII - Back to the States

15:00

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XVIII - General Ashley Retires

18:20

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XIX - The First Americans Overland to California

34:18

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XX - Smith's Second Journey

25:15

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XXI - The End of the Trail

19:43

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Bewertungen

A special breed of men

(5 Sterne)

well written and told account of a hard life and time

Tales of the toughest bravest men ever. A perfect book.

(5 Sterne)

(4 Sterne)

reader was excellent. mostly rambling history.

(5 Sterne)

Great and interesting book. I love how it fills in some of the fur, trapping and hide hunter info I have always been interested in. Excellent reader too!

excellent adventure!

(5 Sterne)

well read! great story. things I never knew!