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Under the Sweetwater Rim

by Louis L’Amour

First published 1971

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Set in the overland-trail era of the nineteenth-century West, A frontier journey along the Sweetwater corridor becomes a contest over survival, hidden motives and the dangerous geography crossed by emigrants and freight traffic.

Against the historical background of Oregon Trail Migration, L’Amour builds the story around distance, terrain, travel and survival. His characters survive by reading landscape and people carefully, and the action is grounded in the practical realities of travel, work, weapons, distance and local authority.

Historical Periods

Oregon Trail Migration1840–1869 CE

Genres

Exploration & Survival Fiction Western & Frontier Fiction

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