Oregon Trail (National Geographic Adventure Classics)
By Francis Parkman.
Description
In 1846, before he became the first great chronicler of the American frontier, Francis Parkman headed West to follow the trail of the pioneers making their way to Oregon and California. When he got to the Rocky Mountains, Parkman and his party of two turned south, traveled down the Front Range, and came back via the Santa Fe Trail to Missouri. "The Oregon Trail recounts a trove of page-turning adventures along the way. Parkman frequently was lost, very nearly starved, narrowly escaped Indian war parties--and clearly had the time of his life. " A month ago, " he writes along t...
ISBN(s)
0792266404, 9780792266402
