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 ). 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 Times A 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.
Buck also goes into great detail with the technical aspects of the crossing in covering mules, wagon design, landmarks, and trail politics. 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. The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey recounts their trip, from packing and outfitting their rig to chasing mules in the desert wearing house slippers to overcoming broken wheels in the middle of nowhere.
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