
The Oregon Trail
A New American Journey
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Rinker Buck
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Rinker Buck
In the best-selling tradition of Bill Bryson and Tony Horwitz, Rinker Buck's The Oregon Trail is a major work of participatory history: an epic account of traveling the entire 2,000-mile length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way, in a covered wagon with a team of mules - which hasn't been done in a century - that also tells the rich history of the trail, the people who made the migration, and its significance to the country.
Spanning 2,000 miles and traversing six states from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean, the Oregon Trail is the route that made America. In the 15 years before the Civil War, when 400,000 pioneers used it to emigrate West - historians still regard this as the largest land migration of all time - the trail united the coasts, doubled the size of the country, and laid the groundwork for the railroads. The trail years also solidified the American character: our plucky determination in the face of adversity, our impetuous cycle of financial bubbles and busts, the fractious clash of ethnic populations competing for the same jobs and space. Today, amazingly, the trail is all but forgotten.
Rinker Buck is no stranger to grand adventures. The New Yorker described his first travel narrative, Flight of Passage, as "a funny, cocky gem of a book", and with The Oregon Trail he seeks to bring the most important road in American history back to life. At once a majestic American journey, a significant work of history, and a personal saga reminiscent of best sellers by Bill Bryson and Cheryl Strayed, the book tells the story of Buck's 2,000-mile expedition across the plains with tremendous humor and heart. He was accompanied by three cantankerous mules,;his boisterous brother, Nick; and an "incurably filthy" Jack Russell terrier named Olive Oyl.
Includes an extended behind-the-scenes conversation with author/narrator Rinker Buck with his brother and trail companion, Nick Buck.
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Too much personal opinion
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Modern Day Oregon Trail story.
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Funny, informative tale of two brothers
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Rinker Buck created an amazing true adventure, shared it with us, and was humble and authentic the whole way. I highly recommend!
wonderfully satisfying
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. My one reservations was the reading. Mr. Buck is not as polished as a professional reader and the story would have been better served by having another reader. Still, I found The Oregon Trail to be well worth listening to.An Armchair Odyssey
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Well read
All books take you on a voyage, but the reality that Rinker Buck created was extraordinary.
I still feel the post partum the brothers felt in Baker City.
My thanks to the Buck brothers
Best book in my 100 book library
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Great Trail!
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If you could sum up The Oregon Trail in three words, what would they be?
Sweet. Courageous. HeartwarmingWhat did you like best about this story?
The relationships - brother to brother, drivers and the animals, folks they met along the trail. Such a wonderful overview of what makes people - well - peopleWhat does Rinker Buck bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Only someone in the wagon, driving the mules, meeting the people, could pass on the warmth they experienced.If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
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This should be required reading for classes in early american history. I learned so much - who knew that George Washington was instrumental in the breeding of American mules?So, this is what so many families endured?
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Great trail ride, but the narration was very bumpy
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Enjoyable adventure
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