The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey

Written by:
Rinker Buck
Narrated by:
Rinker Buck

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
41
Narrator
4
Release Date
June 2015
Duration
16 hours 41 minutes
Summary
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • #1 Indie Next Pick • Winner of the PEN New England Award

“Enchanting…A book filled with so much love…Long before Oregon, Rinker Buck has convinced us that the best way to see America is from the seat of a covered wagon.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Amazing…A real nonfiction thriller.” —Ian Frazier, The New York Review of Books

“Absorbing…Winning…The many layers in The Oregon Trail are linked by Mr. Buck’s voice, which is alert and unpretentious in a manner that put me in mind of Bill Bryson’s comic tone in A Walk in the Woods.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times

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” (The Boston Globe).
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Karla L

Wonderful book! Learned so much history that is never taught in schools.

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george Flint

This a great book This is fabulous travelogue of one of the greatest American journeys. His personal insights about his family were most entertaining.

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Jean Varner

I listen to books as I knit. This book sounded like one I would enjoy but it wasn't. As I listened I felt it was repetitive and boring. It didn't hold my interest and I didn't finish listening to it. I would not recommend it.

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Andrew Susin

Highly entertaining from both a historical perspective as well as the author's personal note

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Stevenson Ward

1/2 of this lengthy book is about the Oregon Trail and the other 1/2 is an autobiography of the author.

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Charles Newberg

awesome book grand adventure with all the history wrap into it

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REBECCA HERRON

A true nature and history buff would love this book.. It is very entertaining and informative... I really enjoyed it

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