The Oregon Trail

ISBN-13: 9780199553921 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 384 str.

Francis Parkman

Opis

The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. After crossing the Allegheny Mountains by coach and continuing by boat and wagon to Westport, Missouri, he set out with three companions on a horseback journey that would ultimately take him over two thousand miles. His detailed description of the journey, set against the vast majesty of the Great Plains, has emerged through the generations as a classic narrative of one man's exploration of the American Wilderness.
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Recenzje

The book, in brief, is excellent and has the true wild game flavor. And amazingly tickled will all their palates be, who are so lucky as to read it. Herman Melville

O autorze

Bernard Rosenthal is Professor of English at SUNY-Binghamton, Binghamton, New York.