Question

add an in-text citation using mla format.

the party departed from new haven, connecticut, on the last day of june 1870
. no journey in modern times compares to the adventure of
heading west in the nineteenth century.

source: \when the west was wild\ by richard conniff, page 32. published in natural history
apr. 2016:

on the last day of june 1870, a party of young men, together with their yale
professor, left new haven, connecticut, bound for what they called the \far
west.\

Explanation:

MLA in-text citations require the author's last name and the page number in parentheses when quoting or paraphrasing a source. Since the sentence is a paraphrase of the source text, we add this citation at the end of the first sentence before the period.

Answer:

The party departed from New Haven, Connecticut, on the last day of June 1870 (Conniff 32). No journey in modern times compares to the adventure of heading West in the nineteenth century.