num_pages: 400
description: Keen observations and a graphic style characterize the author's remarkable record of a vanishing frontier. Detailed accounts of the hardships experienced while traveling across mountains and prairies; vibrant portraits of emigrants and Western wildlife; and vivid descriptions of Indian life and culture. A classic of American frontier literature.
language: English
title: The Oregon Trail
titlecomplete: The Oregon Trail (Economy Editions)
genres: Classics, Adventure, Historical, History, Travel, American History, Westerns, Memoir, American, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 3108
publisher: Dover Publications