The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life by Francis Parkman

The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life

Francis Parkman

262 pages first pub 1847 (editions)

nonfiction classics history travel adventurous informative reflective slow-paced

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First published in 1849 and later revised in several subsequent editions, Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail is the definitive trail-journal. The author was 23 when he stepped on a steamer and began a two-month tour through the West, visiting Nebr...

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adventurous 85%
challenging 57%
informative 57%
reflective 57%

Pace

slow 85%
medium 14%

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