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The Oregon Trail Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life

(The California and Oregon Trail)

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Author(s):Francis Parkman
Illustrator(s):N. C. Wyeth
Publisher(s): Little, Brown and Company
Year Published: 1925
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
American
Camping
Exploration - America
Geography
History - American
Nature - Mammals
Pioneers
Travel and Exploration
True Life Animal
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 364
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 2365479

Description

Francis Parkman took a tour of the western United States in 1846 which included a buffalo hunt with a band of Sioux. He recorded his adventures in this, his first book, which met with critical success. He went on to write the history of the European conquest and settlement of the American forest.

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The Oregon Trail (1931)

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