The Oregon Trail
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...
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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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140390421 (0140390421)
Publish date: December 16th 1982
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
American,
American History,
19th Century,
Western
If you are fond of descriptions of the multiple ways in which buffalo could be chased and shot, this book is for you.Plenty of historical interest. But way too heavy on the buffalo hunting.