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. 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”