54-40 or Fight (Illustrated)

54-40 or Fight is part romance and part history. It is the fictionalized story of the Oregon trail migrations and some of the characters - with women playing a primary role - who changed the course of history. Despite being published a century ago, the writing feels fresh and the characters are vividly portrayed. Emerson Hough's tale offers an inside view of a critical period of North American history at the end of the U. S. Civil War. The title refers to the Oregon Dispute, important in ge...