Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail |
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Author:
| Field, Matthew C. Porter, Clyde Porter, Mae Reed |
Editor:
| Sunder, John E. |
Foreword by:
| Gardner, Mark L. |
Series title: | American Exploration and Travel Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8061-2716-3 |
Publication Date: | Apr 1995 |
Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $21.95 |
Book Description:
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In 1839 a journalist for the New Orleans Picayune, Matthew C. Field, joined a company of merchants and tourists headed west on the Santa Fe Trail. Leaving Independence, Missouri, early in July "with a few wagons and a carefree spirit," Field recorded his vivid impressions of travel westward on the Santa Fe Trail and, on the return trip, eastward along the Cimarron Route. Written in verse in his journal and in eighty-five articles later published in the Picayune, Field’s...
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In 1839 a journalist for the New Orleans Picayune, Matthew C. Field, joined a company of merchants and tourists headed west on the Santa Fe Trail. Leaving Independence, Missouri, early in July "with a few wagons and a carefree spirit," Field recorded his vivid impressions of travel westward on the Santa Fe Trail and, on the return trip, eastward along the Cimarron Route. Written in verse in his journal and in eighty-five articles later published in the Picayune, Field’s observations offer the modern reader a unique glimpse of life in the settlements of Mexico and on the Santa Fe Trail.