This abridged version of Doyle's two-volume Journeys to the Land of Gold: Emigrant Diaries from the Bozeman Trail (2000) excerpts the diaries of seven travelers on the 500-mile route from the Platte River to the Montana goldfields: the leader of a company of Michigan men, a recent bride traveling with her husband, a store clerk, a typesetter, a prospector, a Civil War veteran, and the supervisor of a freight train. Annotations expand upon the terrain of the trails, the travel experience, and the cultural context of the Bozeman Trail, providing background on the people, activities, and events that the diaries record. Scattered b&w images of the writers and the trail punctuate the text. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Bound for Montana is an abridgement of the prize-winning two volume series, Journeys to the Land of Gold. The abridgement includes diary and journal excerpts from travelers moving overland in the 1860s, bound for Montana.
