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Acclaimed Western writer Emerson Hough died only days after attending the premiere of the movie based on his novel The Covered Wagon. The story follows a caravan of early settlers as they make their way from the Midwest to the Pacific coastline. The novel offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of pioneers.
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Table of contents
- THE COVERED WAGON
- Contents
- Chapter I - Youth Marches
- Chapter II - The Edge of the World
- Chapter III - The Rendezvous
- Chapter IV - Fever of New Fortunes
- Chapter V - The Black Spaniard
- Chapter VI - Issue Joined
- Chapter VII - The Jump-Off
- Chapter VIII - Man Against Man
- Chapter IX - The Brute
- Chapter X - Ole Missoury
- Chapter XI - When All the World was Young
- Chapter XII - The Dead Men's Tale
- Chapter XIII - Wild Fire
- Chapter XIV - The Kiss
- Chapter XV - The Division
- Chapter XVI - The Plains
- Chapter XVII - The Great Encampment
- Chapter XVIII - Arrow and Plow
- Chapter XIX - Banion of Doniphan's
- Chapter XX - The Buffalo
- Chapter XXI - The Quicksands
- Chapter XXII - A Secret of Two
- Chapter XXIII - An Armistice
- Chapter XXIV - The Road West
- Chapter XXV - Old Laramie
- Chapter XXVI - The First Gold
- Chapter XXVII - Two Who Loved
- Chapter XXVIII - When a Maid Marries
- Chapter XXIX - The Broken Wedding
- Chapter XXX - The Dance in the Desert
- Chapter XXXI - How, Cola!
- Chapter XXXII - The Fight at the Ford
- Chapter XXXIII - The Families Are Coming!
- Chapter XXXIV - A Matter of Friendship
- Chapter XXXV - Gee—Whoa—Haw!
- Chapter XXXVI - Two Love Letters
- Chapter XXXVII - Jim Bridger Forgets
- Chapter XXXVIII - When the Rockies Fell
- Chapter XXXIX - The Crossing
- Chapter XL - Oregon! Oregon!
- Chapter XLI - The Secrets of the Sierras
- Chapter XLII - Kit Carson Rides
- Chapter XLIII - The Killer Killed
- Chapter XLIV - Yet if Love Lack
- Chapter XLV - The Light of the Whole World
- Endnotes
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