The Oregon Trail A New American Journey Author:Rinker Buck 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, a... more »nd 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).« less