The Oregon Trail

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The Oregon Trail – Engage in the Dangers and Challenges of Life in the American Wilderness



Written by Francis Perkman Jr, The Oregon Trail is an autobiography that tells of adventures often considered to be more remarkable than fiction. Fresh out of Harvard, Perkman and his friend, a man by the name of Quincy Shaw, set out from St. Louis, along with a band of traders, emigrants, trappers and explorers. 1846 becomes a year of adventure for Perkman, as he later leaves the Great Planes for the Black Hills, accompanied by Sioux Indians, whom he lives, eats and smokes with, as he mentions a great deal of valuable and exciting details about their way of life.

The Oregon Trail is no regular autobiography. Also considered to be one of the most remarkable historical accounts of frontier life and the difficulties faced by travelers as they encountered a host of western fauna, and toughened their resolve, traveling across prairies and mountains.

Perkman was extremely interested in the lives of Indians, and spent a great deal of time by their side, studying their customs, and becoming a part of their way of life. His vibrant descriptions and remarkable accounts of Indian tales along the frontier makes The Oregon Trail quite possibly one of the most valuable classics of American frontier literature ever written.

As a historian, Perkman was also fascinated by the relations that Native Americans had with English and French colonists. He goes to great lengths to travel right across the country in his attempt to learn more about them, as well as about the colorful characters he encounters in the American wilderness, as well as their unique speech, interesting lifestyle and diverse backgrounds.


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