BYU publishes handcart book

PROVO — BYU Studies has published a new book, "The Willie Handcart Company: Their Day-by-Day Experiences, Including Trail Maps and Driving Directions," which provides a detailed account of the Willie Handcart Company and its ill-fated journey across the wintry plains of Wyoming in 1856.

The book contains 89 new maps that show the route the immigrants traveled between New York and Utah. The book's goal is to help the reader understand the company's day-by-day trek to the Salt Lake Valley.

To illuminate the Willie Company's daily experiences, author Paul D. Lyman includes portions of journals, personal histories, newspapers, maps and other historical documents.

The book is available at the BYU Bookstore and at byustudies.byu.edu.