The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey (Thorndike Press Large Print Popular and Narrative Nonfiction) [Idioma Inglés] - Tapa dura

"Rinker Buck has a gift most writers would kill for--when he sets out on an adventure, in this case a 2,000-mile covered wagon trip across the West, he takes you with him. Buck's lean prose, historical insight, and penetrating curiosity elevate "The Oregon Trail" into an instant classic that deserves a place on your bookshelf between Bryson and Horwitz. A master storyteller and dogged reporter, Buck gives substance to an unrelenting wanderlust that is the envy of anyone who has ever dreamed of lighting out for the territories." --Bob Drury, coauthor of "The Heart of Everything That Is"

Praise for Flight of Passage:
"This is a funny, cocky gem of a book." "--The New Yorker"

"A terrific book . . . Huckleberry Finn meets The Spirit of St. Louis." --Henry Kisor, "The Chicago Sun-Times"

"My favorite book of the year . . . It reaches beyond its personal story to deal with the terrible beauty of families and with the larger world."" --"Bob Minzenheimer, "USA Today"

"Rinker Buck's "Flight of Passage" is an utterly captivating true-adventure tale and at the same time a winsomely told memoir of a teenager coming to terms with members of his family. I found it absolutely irresistible." --John Berendt

"This is more than a flying adventure--it is also a warm, affectionate account of an unusual family, with characters presented as if they were created by a master novelist." --Jack Elliot, "The Newark Star-Ledger"

"This smart, endearing book is not just about a picaresque and probably ill-advised adventure; it's a story about "us"--who we are and how we came to be that way. As he makes his two thousand-mile pilgrimage by cussed mule across the dusty continent, Rinker Buck finds his way deep into our nation's DNA." --Hampton Sides, author of "Blood and Thunder" and "Americana"

Recounts the author's two-thousand-mile trip on the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way, in a covered wagon with a team of mules, and discusses the rich history of the trail, the people who made the migration, and its significance to the United States.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.