#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • #1 Indie Next Pick • Winner of the PEN New England Award “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 “Amazing…A real nonfiction thriller.†—Ian Frazier; The New York Review of Books “Absorbing…Winning…The many layers in The Oregon Trail are linked by Mr. 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 TimesA 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. 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).
2011-02-14Original language:English 9.00 x .46 x 6.00l; #File Name: 1444434063204 pages
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