![]() ![]() Simultaneously a majestic journey across the West, a significant work of history, and a moving personal saga, Buck’s chronicle is a “laugh-out-loud masterpiece” ( Willamette Week) that “so ensnares the emotions it becomes a tear-jerker at its close” ( Star Tribune, Minneapolis) and “will leave you daydreaming and hungry to see this land” ( The Boston Globe). Buck’s voice, which is alert and unpretentious in a manner that put me in mind of Bill Bryson’s comic tone in A Walk in the Woods.” -Dwight Garner, The New York TimesĪ major bestseller that has been hailed as a “quintessential American story” ( Christian Science Monitor), Rinker Buck’s The Oregon Trail is 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-that has captivated readers, critics, and booksellers from coast to coast. History In Five Recommends: THE OREGON TRAIL The Oregon Trail Challenge Author Rinker Buck details his modern day crossing of The Ore. “Absorbing…Winning…The many layers in The Oregon Trail are linked by Mr. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI and the Flatboat Era LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI by Rinker Buck Experience LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI with bestselling author Rin. ![]() “Amazing…A real nonfiction thriller.” -Ian Frazier, The New York Review of Books ![]() “Enchanting…A book filled with so much love…Long before Oregon, Rinker Buck has convinced us that the best way to see America is from the seat of a covered wagon.” - The Wall Street Journal If you want a book about the Oregon Trail that is a little different than you normal history book the book The Oregon Trail A New American Journey by Rinker. ![]()
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