New York: Atheneum, 1975. dj. Hardcover first edition - A story for older children - based on the true story of the Oatmans, a Mormon family who were massacred in 1851, except for the two girls, Olive and Mary, who were captured and enslaved by the Indians for five years. A book written "with understanding and sympathy for both Indians and whites." 181 pp. ISBN: 0-689500238.

New York: Meeker, Ezra. 1926. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Meeker, born in 1830, who first crossed the Oregon Trail in 1852 by oxcart, with his young wife, describes himself as the only remaining survivor of those adults who took the Oregon Trail at the height of the migration of 1852. In 1906-1910 and again in 1915, he crossed the trail by automobile as he worked to help erect monuments to the wagon train pioneers. Illustrated with 20 drawings, most full-page, and some on glossy paper. The verso of the rather uncommon dust jacket contains a larger map of the route. SIGNED by Meeker on front free endpaper. Includes several pages on the work of the Oregon Trail Memorial Association and a one page list of Meeker's other works. 287 pp.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first publication of the recently discovered diary of Bernard J. Reid, which describes his day to day difficulties and the trying hardships the first commercial wagon train to attempt to cross the plains on the Overland Trail. They advertised a swift journey of only 60 days for $200. This diary is the richest account of the Pioneer Line and one of the best gold rush diaries. Illustrated with photographs, maps. Editor's afterword and an extensive notes section, and bibliographical information on persons mentioned in the text. Map endpapers. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-8047-11925.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - The stories of the descendants of the pioneers - from the Jordan Valley in eastern Oregon to a man whose father rode with Butch Cassidy but went on to make a life in the Bull Mountains of Montana frontier to a mother and daughter in the general store of the New Mexico ghost town they own and more. Illustrated with full page drawings by Lloyd Bloom. 241 pp. plus final illustration. ISBN: 0-394-501934.