02903cam a2200421 i 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020003000069020001600099020003100115020001500146040001800161041000800179042000800187043002100195050002600216082000800242100002500250245006300275264004100338300004600379336002600425337002800451338002700479500002000506520144900526600006601975600006202041650004302103650003702146650004702183651003602230651005602266651005402322651005202376651005302428BJBSDDR20230805181421.0ta150316s2015    nyuab         001 0 eng    a9781451659160 (hardcover)  a1451659164   a9781451659177 (trade pbk.)  a1451659172  aDLCbengcDLC  aeng  apcc  an-usp--an-us-or14a002 F 597bB922o 201500a9781 aBuck, Rinker,d1950-14aThe Oregon Trail :ba new American journey /cRinker Buck. 1aNew York :bSimon & Schuster,c2015.  a450 pages :billustrations, maps ;c25 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes index.  aSpanning 2,000 miles and traversing six states from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean, the Oregon Trail is the route that made America. In the fifteen years before the Civil War, when 400,000 pioneers used it to emigrate West, the trail united the coasts, doubled the size of the country, and laid the groundwork for the railroads. The trail years also solidified the American character: our plucky determination in the face of adversity, our impetuous cycle of financial bubbles and busts, the fractious clash of ethnic populations competing for the same jobs and space. At once an American journey, a work of history, and a personal saga, this book tells the story of Buck's 2,000-mile expedition across the plains. He was accompanied by three cantankerous mules, his boisterous brother, Nick, and an "incurably filthy" Jack Russell terrier named Olive Oyl. Along the way, Buck dodges thunderstorms in Nebraska, chases his runaway mules across miles of Wyoming plains, scouts more than five hundred miles of nearly vanished trail on foot, crosses the Rockies, makes desperate fifty-mile forced marches for water, and repairs so many broken wheels and axels that he nearly reinvents the art of wagon travel itself. Apart from charting his own geographical and emotional adventure, Buck introduces readers to the evangelists, shysters, natives, trailblazers, and everyday dreamers who were among the first of the pioneers to make the journey west. 10aBuck, Rinker,d1950-xTravelzOregon National Historic Trail.14aBuck, Rinker, d1950- xViajes zOregon (Estados Unidos)  0aFrontier and pioneer lifezWest (U.S.) 4aViajes terrestres al Pacífico  4aVida de pioneros zOeste (Estados Unidos)  0aOregon National Historic Trail. 4aOregon (Estados Unidos) xVida social y costumbres  4aOregon (Estados Unidos) xDescripciones y viajes  4aOeste (Estados Unidos) xHistoria yHasta 1848  4aOeste (Estados Unidos) xDescripciones y viajes