[or-roots] List member has published his book

[DanM.]

Can I put this link on my pages?
www.d-matney.com
Dan M
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Layne G SAWYER" <layne.g.sawyer at state.or.us>
To: <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 8:56 AM
Subject: [or-roots] List member has published his book


> Dear OR-Rooters;
>
> I received a message from long time list member Albert (Skip) Belanger
> about his recently published book.  I know we have had a number of
> lively exchanges begun in part by Albert's postings as he worked on this
> manuscript.  I wanted the rest of the list to know about it's
> availability.
>
>
> At long last……my manuscript is in print!  I’ve called the book, On
> the Oregon Trail in 1851 - Canaries, Buffalo-Chips, and Elephants.  The
> title recalls the delightful distractions, the distasteful drudgery, and
> the dangerous disasters experienced by those brave souls who made that
> 2,000 mile trek across the continent.  Although I’ve had to cut the
> size almost in half to suit the publisher, it’s still 456 pages long
> and includes a twenty-eight page, double column, comprehensive Index, an
> extensive bibliography, as well as a list of the 122 original Trail
> documents I’ve collected related to 1851, including their
> repositories. (I’m preparing an unabridged edition on a CD for those
> interested.)
>
> During my research, I amassed a huge stash of material related to the
> saga, and this is the first publication to get some of it into print.
> What I did for this book was to select out interesting excerpts from the
> 122 Trail journals and recollections I’ve collected which were written
> by  1851 emigrants. I arranged them geographically so as to take the
> reader along as a member of a wagon train. I tied them together with an
> “editor’s narrative” so readers are kept informed about where they
> are along the Trail. Included is an old U.S. map printed in 1851 that
> actually shows the Oregon Trail marked out. And I was fortunate to make
> contact with a fellow who has taken photos of inscriptions carved in
> rock formations along the Trail by the actual emigrants of 1851….still
> visible today! These images also are contained in the book, along with
> several drawings and old photos.
>
> Copies can be ordered at the publisher’s web page:
>
> www.pdbookstore.com/comfiles/pages/AlbertEdwardBelanger.shtml
> <http://www.pdbookstore.com/comfiles/pages/AlbertEdwardBelanger.shtml>
>
>
>
> Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving.
>
> Regards,
>
> Layne Sawyer
> List Mom
> Oregon State Archives
>
>
>
>
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