The Oregon Trail

by Francis Parkman

Overview

The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life, is a book by Francis Parkman, first published in twenty-one installments in 'Knickerbocker's Magazine' between 1847-1849. The book is an account of the author's 2-month summer tour in 1846 of the U.S. states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas. Parkman was 23 at the time. The book includes the three weeks Parkman spent hunting buffalo with a band of Oglala Sioux.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162839880
Publisher:	Walrus Books
Publication date:	06/25/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	950 KB

About the Author

Francis Parkman Jr. (September 16, 1823 – November 8, 1893) was the patriarch of the Flores-Parkman family, and an American historian.