Saving the Oregon Trail: Ezra Meeker's Last Grand Quest
- ISBN-10
- 0874223741
- ISBN-13
- 9780874223743
- Category
- Conservationists
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020
- Author
- Dennis M. Larsen
Description
"Much has been written about Ezra Meeker, most of it by Meeker himself. Despite the paper trail he left behind, no one has yet written his comprehensive biography. In this, the last of three volumes on Meeker, Larsen examines the pioneer's most enduring legacy-his grand and much publicized promotion of the Oregon Trail"--
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