The Oregon Trail

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Winner of the PEN New England Award

“ 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. ” — The Wall Street Journal

“ Amazing… A real nonfiction thriller. ” — Ian Frazier, The New York Review of Books

“ Absorbing… Winning… The many layers in The Oregon Trail 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 A Walk in the Woods. ” — Dwight Garner, The New York Times

A major bestseller that has been hailed as a “ quintessential American story” (Christian Science Monitor), Rinker Buck’ s The Oregon Trail is 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” (Willamette Week) that “ so ensnares the emotions it becomes a tear-jerker at its close” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis) and “ will leave you daydreaming and hungry to see this land” (The Boston Globe).