Classics Illustrated comic books issue 147

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Crossing the Rockies. Painted cover by Gerald McCann. Stories and art by George Evans, Reed Crandall, Norman Nodel, Don Perlin, and Joe Orlando. The semiannual Specials from Classics Illustrated were educational comics on science, history and American culture. This issue continues the focus on Westward expansion in America from the previous issue. High points of the frontier era include the Gold Rush and the Pony Express; low points include the tragic fate of the Donner Party. The transcontinental railroad, the Oregon Trail, the Mormon trek to Utah, and the establishment of telegraph lines are also covered. Featuring art by legends George Evans, Reed Crandall, and Joe Orlando and future Marvel artist Don Perlin. Crossing the Rockies; The Oregon Trail; Death and the Donners; This Is the Place; The Gold Rush; The Apache Wars; The Overland Mail; The Pony Express; Bound by Rails; Meanwhile, Back in the East…; The Magic Wire. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.