Hough, Emerson (1857-1923)
The covered wagon / by Emerson Hough ; illustrated with scenes from the photoplay, a Paramount picture
First Edition Hardcover New York : Grosset and Dunlap, 1922 




Book Publishing Details
Author: Hough, Emerson (1857-1923)
Full title:The covered wagon / by Emerson Hough ; illustrated with scenes from the photoplay, a Paramount picture
Publisher:New York : Grosset and Dunlap, 1922
Edition:First Edition
Binding:Hardcover
ISBN:No ISBN
Pages:385
Book ID:239218
Comments & Item Features
First Edition. Language: English. ISBN: No ISBN.

Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.

Series; The Oregon Trail anthology. Physical description; 385 pages. Notes; Map on lining-papers. Summary; The story of a great migration of two thousand men, women and children from Missouri to Oregon in 1848. A novel by Emerson Hough,The Covered Wagon inspired a film by the same title that is considered one of the first great Western films. Hough was well known for writing western and historical stories.This particular taleoutlines the travels of a group emigrating from Kansas to Oregon via the Oregon Trail. The "Covered Wagon" was a symbol of the American Old West and was also known as a prairie schooner. Subjects; Wagon trains - Fiction. Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) - Fiction. Overland journeys to the Pacific - Fiction. Oregon National Historic Trail - Fiction. California - Gold discoveries - Fiction. Genres; Fiction. Historical fiction. Illustrated. Western stories.



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