The Oregon Trail - by Rinker Buck (Paperback)

The Oregon Trail is an epic account of traveling 2,000 miles across America's western frontier in a covered wagon with a team of mules.

This major bestseller has been hailed as a "quintessential American story" (Christian Science Monitor) and is an unremitting delight.

With a laugh-out-loud masterpiece (Willamette Week), the book interweaves pioneer history with personal strife, poignant memories of the author's father, and dogged determination.

The experience of The Oregon Trail stands squarely opposite much of what is modern - slow travel with poor communication, placing struggle before comfort, and connecting with history rather than searching for the newest of the new.

Despite this, the book is raw, visceral, and often laugh-out-loud funny.

For anyone who has ever dreamed of seeing America slowly from the back of a wagon, The Oregon Trail is a vicarious thrill.