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The Oregon Trail
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Author : Rinker Buck
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-06-30
The Oregon Trail written by Rinker Buck and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-30 with History categories.
In the bestselling tradition of Bill Bryson and Tony Horwitz, Rinker Buck's The Oregon Trail is a major work of participatory history: an epic account of traveling the 2,000-mile length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way, in a covered wagon with a team of mules—which hasn't been done in a century—that also tells the rich history of the trail, the people who made the migration, and its significance to the country. Spanning 2,000 miles and traversing six states from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean, the Oregon Trail is the route that made America. In the fifteen years before the Civil War, when 400,000 pioneers used it to emigrate West—historians still regard this as the largest land migration of all time—the trail united the coasts, doubled the size of the country, and laid the groundwork for the railroads. The trail years also solidified the American character: our plucky determination in the face of adversity, our impetuous cycle of financial bubbles and busts, the fractious clash of ethnic populations competing for the same jobs and space. Today, amazingly, the trail is all but forgotten. Rinker Buck is no stranger to grand adventures. The New Yorker described his first travel narrative,Flight of Passage, as “a funny, cocky gem of a book,” and with The Oregon Trailhe seeks to bring the most important road in American history back to life. At once a majestic American journey, a significant work of history, and a personal saga reminiscent of bestsellers by Bill Bryson and Cheryl Strayed, the book tells the story of Buck's 2,000-mile expedition across the plains with tremendous humor and heart. He was accompanied by three cantankerous mules, his boisterous brother, Nick, and an “incurably filthy” Jack Russell terrier named Olive Oyl. Along the way, Buck dodges thunderstorms in Nebraska, chases his runaway mules across miles of Wyoming plains, scouts more than five hundred miles of nearly vanished trail on foot, crosses the Rockies, makes desperate fifty-mile forced marches for water, and repairs so many broken wheels and axels that he nearly reinvents the art of wagon travel itself. Apart from charting his own geographical and emotional adventure, Buck introduces readers to the evangelists, shysters, natives, trailblazers, and everyday dreamers who were among the first of the pioneers to make the journey west. With a rare narrative power, a refreshing candor about his own weakness and mistakes, and an extremely attractive obsession for history and travel,The Oregon Trail draws readers into the journey of a lifetime.
The Oregon Trail
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Author : Francis Parkman
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1994-01-01
The Oregon Trail written by Francis Parkman and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with History categories.
The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. After crossing the Allegheny Mountains by coach and continuing by boat and wagon to Westport, Missouri, he set out with three companions on a horseback journey that would ultimately take him over two thousand miles. Map.
The Oregon Trail
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Author : Jean F. Blashfield
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2001
The Oregon Trail written by Jean F. Blashfield and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with American History categories.
An introductory history of the Oregon Trail and its significance in opening the west to settlers, including information on th people who opened the Trail, their reasons for going west, modes of transportation, and a description of a typical day on the Trail.
The Oregon Trail
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Author : Francis Parkman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
The Oregon Trail written by Francis Parkman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with Oregon National Historic Trail categories.
The Oregon Trail
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Author : Francis Parkman, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Release Date : 2008-07-10
The Oregon Trail written by Francis Parkman, Jr. and has been published by Oxford Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-10 with Travel categories.
The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. His detailed description of the journey, set against the vast majesty of the Great Plains, has emerged through the generations as a classic narrative of one man's exploration of the American Wilderness.
Roughing It On The Oregon Trail
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Author : Diane Stanley
language : en
Publisher: Paw Prints
Release Date : 2009-04-09
Roughing It On The Oregon Trail written by Diane Stanley and has been published by Paw Prints this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-09 with Frontier and pioneer life categories.
When Liz and Lenny's grandmother uses her magical hat to transport them all to the time of the pioneers in 1843, their grand adventure begins as they spend eight grueling months traveling across harsh terrain in an attempt to reach the other side of the country at the end of the Oregon Trail. Reprint.
The Oregon Trail
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Author : David Dary
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2005
The Oregon Trail written by David Dary and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
Using diaries, journals, company and expedition reports, and newspaper accounts, the author presents a major one-volume history of the Oregon Trail from its earliest beginnings to the present.
Enduring The Oregon Trail
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Author : Jessica Rusick
language : en
Publisher: Capstone Press
Release Date : 2020
Enduring The Oregon Trail written by Jessica Rusick and has been published by Capstone Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Thousands of American settlers endured the long trip of more than 2,000 miles between Missouri and Oregon in the mid-1800s. They were determined to make a better life for themselves. They faced many hardships and made tough choices. Now the choices are yours. Would you rather run out of food supplies or spare wagon parts? Would you ford the river and get across faster but risk your wagon overturning? Or would you take apart your wagon and float it across but risk delaying your time-sensitive journey? It's your turn to pick this or that!
Ox Team Days On The Oregon Trail
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Author : Ezra Meeker
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-08-10
Ox Team Days On The Oregon Trail written by Ezra Meeker and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-10 with Travel categories.
'Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail' is a book written by Ezra Meeker about his experience traveling the Oregon Trail by ox-drawn wagon as a young man, migrating from Iowa to the Pacific Coast. Later on in his life, Meeker became convinced that the Oregon Trail was being forgotten, and he determined to bring it publicity so it could be marked and monuments erected. In 1906–1908, while in his late 70s, he retraced his steps along the Oregon Trail by wagon, seeking to build monuments in communities along the way. His trek reached New York City, and in Washington, D.C., he met President Theodore Roosevelt. He traveled the Trail again several times in the final two decades of this life, including by oxcart in 1910–1912 and by airplane in 1924.
And Then You Die Of Dysentery
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Author : Lauren Reeves
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Release Date : 2018-10-16
And Then You Die Of Dysentery written by Lauren Reeves and has been published by Houghton Mifflin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-16 with Humor categories.
A quirky, nostalgic send-up to the Oregon Trail computer game, featuring snarky and hard-earned life lessons from the trail. Pack your wagons, find your ride-or-(literally) die friends, and roll up to Matt's General Store with a sack of cash--it's time to hit the Oregon Trail, twenty-first-century style! ...And Then You Die of Dysentery is the perfect send-up to the sometimes frustrating, always entertaining, and universally beloved Oregon Trail computer game. Featuring a four-color design in the game's iconic 8-bit format, alongside pop culture references galore, the book offers 50 humorous, snarky lessons gleaned from the game's most iconic moments, including gems such as: --Suffering from exhaustion is a real thing. (It's not just PR code for why a celebrity went to rehab.) --If you hunt too frequently in one area, game will become scarce. (The first signs of gentrification!) --Invite your sweetie to cuddle with you while looking up at the stars. (The night sky was the original Netflix & Chill. Step 1: Loosen up Orion's belt...) With its laugh-out-loud commentary and its absurdist nostalgia, ...And Then You Die of Dysentery is the ultimate trip down memory lane ... all the way to the Willamette Valley.