The Oregon Trail

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Penguin, Dec 16, 1982 - Travel - 464 pages
On April 28, 1846, Francis Parkman left Saint Louis on his first expedition west. The Oregon Trail documents his adventures in the wilderness, sheds light on America's westward expansion, and celebrates the American spirit.

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Contents

The Frontier
37
Breaking the Ice
46
Fort Leaven worth
58
Jumping Off
62
The Big Blue
75
The Platte and the Desert
95
The Buffalo
111
Taking French Leave
130
The Hunting Camp
275
The Trappers
301
The Black Hills
313
A Mountain Hunt
318
Passage of the Mountains
332
The Lonely Journey
352
The Pueblo and Bents Fort
375
Tete Rouge the Volunteer
384

Scenes at Fort Laramie
148
The War Parties
167
Scenes at the Camp
192
IllLuck
214
Hunting Indians
223
The Ogillallah Village
251
Indian Alarms
390
The Chase
403
The Buffalo Camp
414
Down the Arkansas
432
The Settlements
452
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Page 17 - A crowd of broad-brimmed hats, thin visages, and staring eyes, appeared suddenly at the gate. Tall, awkward men, in brown homespun; women, with cadaverous faces and long lank figures, came thronging in together, and, as if inspired by the very demon of curiosity, ransacked every nook and corner of the fort.
Appears in 32 books from 1847-2001

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About the author (1982)

Francis Parkman was born in Boston in 1823 and is best known for his masterly seven-volume history, France and England in North America, and for the annual prize awarded by the Society of American Historians in his honor. He died in 1893.

David Levin was the Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia. His books on American historical writing included History as Romatic Art: Bancroft, Prescott, Motley, and Parkman; In Defense of Historical Literature; and Cotton Mather: The Young Life of the Lord’s Remembrancer, 1663–1703. He was the editor of Francis Parkman’s masterpiece, France and England in North America.

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TitleThe Oregon Trail
American Library
Classics Series
Penguin American library
Penguin classics
Penguin classics: Literature
AuthorFrancis Parkman
ContributorDavid Levin
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherPenguin, 1982
ISBN0140390421, 9780140390421
Length464 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers
History / United States / 19th Century
Travel / Essays & Travelogues
  
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