"The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life" by Francis Parkman, recounts an adventure across the American frontier to the Rocky Mountains in the mid-1800s. The journey begins in St. Louis in 1846, as the characters board a steamboat with all sorts of people heading to Oregon and California. As they travel along, the author and his companion observe the land, meet other travelers and adventurers, and begin to understand what life is like on the American frontier. The book highlights their experiences and interactions with emigrants, traders, and Native Americans as they face the challenges of the journey while seeking adventure in the West.
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life
By Francis Parkman
Embark on a remarkable journey across the 19th-century American frontier, encountering pioneers, traders, and native tribes as two travelers seek adventure and understanding in the vast wilderness.
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About the AuthorFrancis Parkman Jr. was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as historical sources and as literature. He was also a leading horticulturist, briefly a professor of horticulture at Harvard University and author of several books on the topic. Parkman wrote essays opposed to legal voting for women that continued to circulate long after his death. Parkman was a trustee of the Boston Athenæum from 1858 until his death in 1893.
Francis Parkman Jr. was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as historical sources and as literature. He was also a leading horticulturist, briefly a professor of horticulture at Harvard University and author of several books on the topic. Parkman wrote essays opposed to legal voting for women that continued to circulate long after his death. Parkman was a trustee of the Boston Athenæum from 1858 until his death in 1893.
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