The Oregon Trail Author:Francis Parkman More than a century ago, a young Easterner named Francis Parkman set out to explore life in the uncivilized West. With his friend and companion Quincy Adams Shaw, he traveled up the Oregon Trail to the camps of the Pawnee and the Sioux. This book is the fascinating journal of that hazardous experience. It is an authentic record of life on the... more » trail, an eyewitness account of the Mormons and outlaws, trappers and Indians, pioneers and adventurers who tried to conquer the frontier back in the days when America was young.« less