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Issue: Classics Illustrated Special Issue #147A
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Title: Crossing the Rockies
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Publisher: FlagGilberton
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Indicia Publisher: Gilberton Company Inc.
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Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
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Content Items: 15 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roberta Strauss
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: 7" w x 10 1/4" h
Paper Stock: glossy cover, newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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Crossing the Rockies

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Mountain man; pioneers
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FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #1 published January 1959
FlagIllustrated Classics Extra Editie #1 published January 1959
as Land, goud en Indianen [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Painting: McCann's signature (in the lower right part) read by Stephen Gong
Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Crossing the Rockies

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Norman Nodel
Norman Nodel
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The Oregon Trail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Don Perlin
Don Perlin
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Subject Matter
biography, non-fiction, western
Marcus Whitman; Narcissa Whitman [Narcissa Prentiss]; Henry Spalding; Eliza Spalding; Joe Meek; Squire Ebberts; Tom Fitzpatrick; Jim Bridger; Reverend Samuel Parker; Cayuse Indians
Dr. Marcus Whitman has a passion to go to the Oregon country as a missionary. With another couple he and his wife make the journey; the wives are reputedly the first white women to cross the Great Divide. Their route becomes the Oregon Trail, and Whitman helps other parties make the trek. Cayuse Indians kill the Whitmans and others, after which the federal government takes steps to police and organize the territory.
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Death and the Donners

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Subject Matter
historical, non-fiction, western
George Donner; Tamsen Donner; immigrants; mountain man; Charles Stanton; James Reed
Putting unfounded trust in their guidebooks, the Donner party takes a treacherous route west and squanders a chance to cross the mountains before snow falls. Starvation takes its toll as they are trapped in snow, and only 47 survive out of 89 souls.
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Although cannibalism is a famed aspect of the Donner history, it is not mentioned in this story.
This Is the Place

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Norman Nodel
Norman Nodel
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Subject Matter
historical, non-fiction, western
Joseph Smith; Brigham Young; Jim Bridger; Sam Brannan; Mormon pioneers
When Joseph Smith is killed, Brigham Young leads refugee Mormons to the west. He has no destination, but promises he will know the place when he sees it. He approves a site in the Great Salt Lake Valley, and the settlement grows to a rich new community.
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The Gold Rush

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George Evans
Reed Crandall
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John Sutter; James Marshall; Juliet Brier; Dan Hill; Lucky Bill Thornton; Rattlesnake Dick Brier; George Skinner; Sam Brannan; John Jenkins; Charles Cora; James P. Casey; James King of William; con men; prospectors; 49ers [Forty-Niners]
Discovery of gold in California leads to a rush of immigrants, many of whom die from poor preparation, and few of whom actually strike it rich. Sam Brannan and James King of William are among the citizens who fight against the rampant lawlessness. Some of them are killed, but eventually law, order, and democracy prevail. Mining moves to Nevada, and California becomes a peaceful farming state.
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The Apache Wars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
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Subject Matter
historical, non-fiction, war, western
Cochise; Lieutenant Bascom; cavalry troopers; Apaches
An arrogant cavalry officer falsely accuses Cochise of kidnapping and tries to arrest him, touching off 25 years of war.
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The Overland Mail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
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Subject Matter
historical, non-fiction, western
Samuel H. Woodson; George Chorpenning; John Butterfield; Waterman Lily Ormsby; Indians; travelers; stagecoach drivers
After several fitful starts, a true transcontinental mail route is established by John Butterfield. He sets up way stations all along the route, while his drivers fight off Indians and contend with the elements.
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The Pony Express

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historical, non-fiction, western
William Russell; Billy Richardson; Major Howard Egan; Warren Upson; Bill Hamilton; Pony Bob Haslam; Jack Keetley; Billy Fisher; Johnnie Frey; Jules Reni; Captain Jack Slade; McCanless; James Butler Hickok [Wild Bill Hickok]; Ben Holliday; Paiute Indians
For eighteen months, through punishing conditions and sometimes under Indian attack, Pony Express riders carry rapid mail across the west. They help keep the nation together as the Civil War approaches, but are soon superseded by the transcontinental telegraph.
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Pencils/inks:
1) Crandall/Evans stated by Stephen Gong and original art dealer.
2) Orlando previously stated by original indexer.
Bound by Rails

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
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Subject Matter
historical, non-fiction, western
Railroad construction workers; Sioux Indians; General Grenville Dodge; Leland Stanford; Thomas C. Durant
Crews working from both sides of the country complete a transcontinental rail line in 1869.
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Meanwhile, Back in the East…

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historical, non-fiction
Even as white population is expanding in the west, New York State and New York City are growing and maturing.
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The Magic Wire

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Alex Blum ?
Alex Blum ?
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Subject Matter
biography, non-fiction
Linemen; Samuel F. B. Morse
Samuel F. B. Morse travels widely. He develops the Morse Code and a system for sending it via telegraph.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Moses; the Wise Men; launching pad crew; Theodore Roosevelt
Special Introductory Offer
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Promo, with order coupon, for Classics Illustrated Special Issues. Several cover thumbnails.
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Julius Caesar
Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication
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Promo, with order coupon, for back issues of Classics illustrated. Cover thumbnail of issue 130.

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