{"product_id":"the-oregon-trail-a-new-american-journey-9781451659177","title":"The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - #1 Indie Next Pick - Winner of the PEN New England Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Enchanting...A book filled with so much love...Long before Oregon, Rinker Buck has convinced us that the best way to see America is from the seat of a covered wagon.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Amazing...A real nonfiction thriller.\" --Ian Frazier, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Absorbing...Winning...The many layers in \u003ci\u003eThe Oregon Trail\u003c\/i\u003e are linked by Mr. Buck's voice, which is alert and unpretentious in a manner that put me in mind of Bill Bryson's comic tone in \u003ci\u003eA Walk in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA major bestseller that has been hailed as a \"quintessential American story\" (\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e), Rinker Buck's \u003ci\u003eThe Oregon Trail \u003c\/i\u003eis an epic account of traveling the 2,000-mile length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way--in a covered wagon with a team of mules--that has captivated readers, critics, and booksellers from coast to coast. Simultaneously a majestic journey across the West, a significant work of history, and a moving personal saga, Buck's chronicle is a \"laugh-out-loud masterpiece\" (\u003ci\u003eWillamette Week\u003c\/i\u003e) that \"so ensnares the emotions it becomes a tear-jerker at its close\" (\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune, \u003c\/i\u003eMinneapolis) and \"will leave you daydreaming and hungry to see this land\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451659177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.20d","brand":"Rinker Buck","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651390828700,"sku":"9781451659177","price":17.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_249f8e3f-bd09-4013-8153-ed16e6e09ff5.jpg?v=1603877550","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-oregon-trail-a-new-american-journey-9781451659177","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}