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    The Opening of the California Trail: The Story of the Stevens Party from the Reminiscences of Moses Schallenberger
    The Opening of the California Trail: The Story of the Stevens Party from the Reminiscences of Moses Schallenberger
    The Opening of the California Trail: The Story of the Stevens Party from the Reminiscences of Moses Schallenberger
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    The Opening of the California Trail: The Story of the Stevens Party from the Reminiscences of Moses Schallenberger

    By George R. Stewart

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    This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of California Press
    Release dateNov 15, 2023
    ISBN9780520349254
    The Opening of the California Trail: The Story of the Stevens Party from the Reminiscences of Moses Schallenberger
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    George R. Stewart

    George R. Stewart (1895–1980) is the author of Pickett’s Charge, Names on the Land, and the International Fantasy Award–winner Earth Abides, as well as numerous other books of history, biography, and fiction. He taught for more than fifty years at the University of California, Berkeley. 

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