<p>What was life really like on the Oregon-California Trail? Learn the answers in this engaging and informative story of one family's trek westward on the eve of the great Gold Rush. Travel back in time to 1848 and accompany a family along the trail in this delightfully easy-to-read chronicle of the pioneering experience which helped shape the American psyche. Consider that choices had to be made: whether to use horses or oxen, what color to paint the wagon, and which route to take. Consider also, what daily life was like on the trail, what if a doctor is needed or a tragedy occurs? Most important, what was it like once one arrived at the destination?</p>

Wagons West: Trail Tales 1848

History

Robert Shellenberger

Americas

Heritage West Books

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Wagons West: Trail Tales 1848