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07.30: The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey

2015-06-17 01:05:13| Powells Books Events Calendar

Spanning 2,000 miles and traversing six states, from Missouri to the Pacific coast, the Oregon Trail is the route that made America. Today, amazingly, the trail is all but forgotten. Rinker Buck's The Oregon Trail (Simon & Schuster) is the epic account of traveling the length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way — in a covered wagon with a team of mules, an audacious journey that hasn't been attempted in a century — which also chronicles the rich history of the trail, the people who made the migration, and its significance to the country. Buck is no stranger to grand adventures. His first travel narrative, Flight of Passage, was hailed by The New Yorker as "a funny, cocky gem of a book," and with The Oregon Trail he brings the most important route in American history back to glorious and vibrant life. At once a majestic journey across the West, a significant work of history, and a moving personal saga, The Oregon Trail draws readers into the journey of a lifetime. A wildly ambitious work of nonfiction from a true American original, it is a book with a heart as big as the country it crosses.

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