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Book Review | The Journal of American History, 86.4 | The History Cooperative

Sur les traces de l'éléphant: Narration de voyages d'après des récits de pionnières américaines, 1840-1860 (On the trail of the elephant: Travel narratives based on the accounts of American pioneer women, 1840-1860). By Marijke Roux-Westers. (Saint-Étienne: Publications de L'Université de Saint-Étienne, 1998. 310 pp. Paper, 150 FF, isbn 2-86272-141-7.) In French.

Of an expression popularized by the forty-niners, Marijke Roux-Westers writes, "'Seeing the elephant' symbolized the great adventure of going to California and Oregon, and seeking one's fortune there." Sur les traces de l'éléphant provides a compact, useful, and engaging overview of women's written records of that "great adventure." Roux-Westers's narration incorporates a selection of memorable excerpts, drawn from forty-nine diaries and five sets of correspondence, to re-create pioneer women's typical experiences and the texture of their daily life along the way. . . .

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