The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life is a first-person account of a 2-month summer tour in 1846 of the U.S. states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas. Francis Parkman, the author, was 23 at the time. The heart of the book covers the three weeks Parkman spent hunting buffalo with a band of Oglala Sioux. Contents: - The Frontier - Breaking the Ice - Fort Leavenworth - "Jumping Off" - "The Big Blue" - The Platte and the Desert - The Buffalo - Taking French Leave - Scenes at Fort Laramie - The War Parties - Scenes at the Camp - Ill Luck - Hunting Indians - The...
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life is a first-person account of a 2-month summer tour in 1846 of the U.S. states of Nebrask...
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life is a first-person account of a 2-month summer tour in 1846 of the U.S. states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas. Francis Parkman, the author, was 23 at the time. The heart of the book covers the three weeks Parkman spent hunting buffalo with a band of Oglala Sioux. Contents: - The Frontier - Breaking the Ice - Fort Leavenworth - "Jumping Off" - "The Big Blue" - The Platte and the Desert - The Buffalo - Taking French Leave - Scenes at Fort Laramie - The War Parties - Scenes at the Camp - Ill Luck - Hunting Indians - The...
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life is a first-person account of a 2-month summer tour in 1846 of the U.S. states of Nebrask...
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life is a first-person account of a 2-month summer tour in 1846 of the U.S. states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas. Francis Parkman, the author, was 23 at the time. The heart of the book covers the three weeks Parkman spent hunting buffalo with a band of Oglala Sioux.
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life is a first-person account of a 2-month summer tour in 1846 of the U.S. states of Nebrask...
Francis Parkmans Werk 'Der Oregon Trail' ist ein eindrucksvoller Erlebnisbericht aus der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts, der die Reise des Autors entlang des legendären Oregon Trails detailreich schildert. Parkman verbindet minutiöse Beobachtungen mit literarischer Präzision und fängt sowohl die majestätische Landschaft des amerikanischen Westens als auch die vielfältigen Begegnungen mit indigenen Völkern und Siedlern ein. Im Kontext der amerikanischen Literatur steht das Buch als wichtiges Dokument der Pionierzeit, geprägt von lebendiger Darstellung und einer reflektierten...
Francis Parkmans Werk 'Der Oregon Trail' ist ein eindrucksvoller Erlebnisbericht aus der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts, der die Reise des Autors entlang ...
