West from Salt Lake: Diaries from the Central Overland Trail
Norman: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2012. First Edition. 328pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Western Trails Series XXIII (23). Item #7923
Based on ten years of research, West from Salt Lake includes excerpts from twenty-three emigrant diaries, many previously unpublished. Using Simpson’s diary to trace his route, editor Jesse G. Petersen has located each campsite and shows which of Simpson’s two alternative wagon roads the parties traveled. In addition to the annotated emigrant accounts, Petersen excerpts four documents by non-emigrants: two by soldiers and two by employees of the Pony Express and its predecessor.
Price: $30.00