Parkman, Francis,  1823-1893 <br/><br/>
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Trail:_Sketches_of_Prairie_and_Rocky-Mountain_Life  Release date is 2006-04-27 
<br/><br/>Produced by Donald Lainson; David Widger  Produced by Donald Lainson; David Widger 
<br/><br/> "The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life" by Francis Parkman is a book published in 1849. It recounts Parkman's two-month journey through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas in the summer of 1846, when he was twenty-three years old. The narrative centers on three weeks he spent hunting buffalo with an Oglala Sioux band, capturing the wonder and beauty of frontier life through vivid storytelling that would establish Parkman's reputation in American literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>West (U.S.) -- Description and travel Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893 -- Travel -- West (U.S.) West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848 Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) Oregon National Historic Trail California National Historic Trail 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F590.3