The Wake of the Prairie Schooner, 1943

Name/Title

The Wake of the Prairie Schooner, 1943

Entry/Object ID

2023.2.1

Description

Acc. No. 23.2.1 Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda, authors of Alameda Date or period: 1812-1869, 1943 Object: book Description: hardcover book, 514 pages, with multi-color dust cover featuring an image of a covered wagon pulled by horses going up a hill, with the title 'The Wake of the Prairie Schooner' in white on a red background on the front. Size: 6"x 8 9/16" History of Object: Factual book, chronicling westward migration along covered wagon routes between 1812 and 1869. By Irene D. Paden, first edition with dust jacket (tears in jacket), 1943. Acquired from: an anonymous donor