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(0)Rinker Buck
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Buck's epic account of traveling the length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way-- in a covered wagon with a team of mules, an audacious journey that hasn't been attempted in a century-- tells the rich history of the trail, the people who made the migration, and its significance to the country.
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The eagerly awaited return of master American storyteller Rinker Buck, Life on the Mississippi is an epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck builds a wooden flatboat from the grand "flatboat era" of the 1800s and sails it down the Mississippi River, illuminating the forgotten past of America's first western frontier."--Amazon
The role of the flatboat in our country’s evolution is far more significant than most Americans...