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The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck

The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck

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The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck

ISBN: 1451659172    EAN: 9781451659177
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Binding: Paperback
Copyright Date: 2015
Pub Date: June 07, 2016
Physical Info: 1.2" H x 8.3" L x 5.5" W (0.94 lbs) 496 pages

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Winner of the PEN New England Award

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).

Rinker Buck began his career in journalism at the Berkshire Eagle and was a longtime staff writer for the Hartford Courant. He has written for Vanity FairNew YorkLife, and many other publications, and his work has won the PEN New England Award, the Eugene S. Pulliam National Journalism Writing Award, and the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award. He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Oregon TrailFlight of Passage, and First Job. He lives in Tennessee.

Review Quotes:

"An incredible true story . . . Weaving a tale somewhere between a travelogue and a history lesson, Buck traces the iconic path literally and figuratively as he re-creates the great migration with his brother and a Jack Russell terrier." -Entertainment Weekly
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