The Oregon Trail

Francis Parkman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

378 Seiten

2000 | New edition
Oxford Paperbacks (Verlag)
978-0-19-283912-1 (ISBN)

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The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. 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.

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. In the course of his travels, Parkman encountered numerous Indians, living among a Sioux tribe for a time, as well as meeting traders, trappers, and emigrants searching for a new life. 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. It is a journey which has shaped our picture of mid- nineteenth-century America and which has influenced our perception of American civilization.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.2000
Co-Autor	Bernard Rosenthal
Zusatzinfo	1 map
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
ISBN-10	0-19-283912-8 / 0192839128
ISBN-13	978-0-19-283912-1 / 9780192839121
Zustand	Neuware