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jcoryv's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars.
Listened to this on Audible. Frank Muller is awesome, but having just listened to the Border Trilogy (he read 1 & 3)… well it was too soon. Had to keep reminding myself this is nonfiction.
Pretty solid adventure for a 20-something, recent Harvard grad.
Listened to this on Audible. Frank Muller is awesome, but having just listened to the Border Trilogy (he read 1 & 3)… well it was too soon. Had to keep reminding myself this is nonfiction.
Pretty solid adventure for a 20-something, recent Harvard grad.
ipanzica's review against another edition
1.0
Despite the interesting subject manner, I found this book boring to read. So I am giving the book a one star because of that, not the multiple dog deaths. I just wanted to put a warning in my review since I know that some people are very sensitive when it comes to dogs dying, even if these dogs are not key figures in the book.
Triggar Warning: dog deaths
Triggar Warning: dog deaths
lekakis's review against another edition
2.0
Well, life on the trail is
1. Boring, except if you go bison hunting
2. Tiresome
3. The weather is very hot or very cold
4. The author believes that he is better human than native Americans.
The book might called the Oregon Trail but covers half or less of the journey; maybe 1/3.
The author creates nice scenes with his writing, but overall
1. Boring, except if you go bison hunting
2. Tiresome
3. The weather is very hot or very cold
4. The author believes that he is better human than native Americans.
The book might called the Oregon Trail but covers half or less of the journey; maybe 1/3.
The author creates nice scenes with his writing, but overall
geve_'s review against another edition
Not putting stars on this one.
This is a first hand account of the author's experience traveling the Oregon Trail, or rather, part of it. He was physically unable to complete the journey, which is interesting considering he talked a lot of shit about how weak and frail women are, but tens of thousands of them walked the entire trail. ANYWAYS, he ended up hanging out with some Lakota instead and had a lot to say about them too.
I think this is an interesting read in many ways. It's a snapshot in time, through a very particular lens. He was clearly racist, and his opinions of people were based on whether they were French, German, Scottish or Native. I wouldn't take his thoughts on Lakota society to mean very much since he was racist, and also seeing them at a pretty fucking terrible point in their history. Reading his stupid opinions about shit is still pretty useful, since those were opinions probably held by quite a few whites of the same era, and recognizing that helps us think critically about many stories and "truths" of that time. Assuming what he's describing is an accurate representation of what was really happening is probably not the best idea.
This is a first hand account of the author's experience traveling the Oregon Trail, or rather, part of it. He was physically unable to complete the journey, which is interesting considering he talked a lot of shit about how weak and frail women are, but tens of thousands of them walked the entire trail. ANYWAYS, he ended up hanging out with some Lakota instead and had a lot to say about them too.
I think this is an interesting read in many ways. It's a snapshot in time, through a very particular lens. He was clearly racist, and his opinions of people were based on whether they were French, German, Scottish or Native. I wouldn't take his thoughts on Lakota society to mean very much since he was racist, and also seeing them at a pretty fucking terrible point in their history. Reading his stupid opinions about shit is still pretty useful, since those were opinions probably held by quite a few whites of the same era, and recognizing that helps us think critically about many stories and "truths" of that time. Assuming what he's describing is an accurate representation of what was really happening is probably not the best idea.