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Narrated by:
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Frank Muller
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By:
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Francis Parkman
About this listen
Francis Parkman's journal - written more than 150 years ago, in 1846 - provides an eye-witness account of one of the grandest adventures in American history. At age 23, the Harvard-educated Bostonian traveled the Rocky Mountains, living among the Dakota Sioux. In his journal, he captured the color, spirit, and perspective of his era, as well as the exuberant confidence that was the mark of his time. Frank Muller's dramatic reading brings this captivating record to life.
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Beautiful, tender, haunting, and full of excitement, this is the memoir of famed author, explorer, Glacier Park guide, trader, and historian of the Blackfoot Indians, James Willard Schultz. With the Blackfoot woman, whom he deeply loved, from 1880 to 1903, Schultz lived the life of a Blackfoot Indian with Nat-ah-ki and her people. During this time, he began writing for magazines, at times running a trading post, and working as a guide in the West.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compassionate Story
- By Ann Holmes on 09-13-18
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The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African Adventures
- By: J. H. Patterson
- Narrated by: Christopher Romance
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 66
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In 1898, the British were building a railway line between Mombasa in Kenya and Uganda. At the Tsavo River in Kenya where a bridge needed to be built, the project was suddenly interrupted by two man-eating lions that targeted the camps of the workers. Over a period of nine months, the lions killed scores of people. These lions were deliberately hunting people, preferring humans over any other prey, and they seemed to have supernatural abilities in evading all attempts to stop them. Colonel J.H. Patterson, the chief engineer in charge of the project, finally managed to eliminate them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator ruined an excellent book!
- By Cliff Moore on 01-13-21
By: J. H. Patterson
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How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa
- By: Henry M. Stanley
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
This riveting history is a firsthand account of the long and arduous search for one of the greatest explorers of the 19th century. Journalist and adventurer Henry M. Stanley was known for his search for the legendary David Livingstone, and their eventual meeting led to the popular quotation "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" A real-life adventure story, How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa tells of the incredible hardships - disease, hostile natives, tribal warfare, impenetrable jungles, and other obstacles - faced by a daring explorer. This must-have account also includes a wealth of information on various African peoples.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Remarkable courage and pluck!
- By Jim on 05-25-18
By: Henry M. Stanley
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Fighting Caravans
- A Western Story
- By: Zane Grey
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Clint Belmet's parents were killed in a Comanche raid when he was young, but that hasn't stopped him from taking a job leading freight caravans on the old Santa Fe Trail, from Saint Louis, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico - a route that goes right through Comanche territory. Here is the raw, primitive West of the early pioneers, great caravans of freighters rumbling across the deadly prairies, risking attack by Comanche.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great performance
- By Husky45 on 12-16-17
By: Zane Grey
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Rising Wolf, the White Blackfoot
- By: James Willard Schultz
- Narrated by: Brian Richy
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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J. W. Schultz (1859-1947) was an author, explorer, and historian who lived among the Blackfeet as a fur trader. In his famous book Rising Wolf, Schultz tells the story of Hugh Monroe who came to the Blackfoot country when he was 16 and was adopted into the Blackfeet tribe. He accompanied war parties, took part in buffalo hunts, and helped to make peace between the Crows and Blackfeet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An excellent story 
- By Alexander on 04-26-24
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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
- By: Isabella L. Bird
- Narrated by: Flo Gibson
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4 out of 5 stars 55
These are the valiant and lyrically descriptive letters, written in 1873, by Isabella Bird, a courageous and spirited Englishwoman, telling her sister of her adventures on horseback over 800 miles of American wilderness.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The Solution to the Indian Problem
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By: Isabella L. Bird
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Roosevelt the Explorer
- Teddy Roosevelt's Amazing Adventures as a Naturalist, Conservationist, and Explorer
- By: Paul H. Jeffers
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
No American president has been more enthusiastic in appreciating the wilderness and in conserving our nation’s natural treasures than Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919). And no other president wrote more about nature and his explorations of it than T. R., in scattered books, such as African Wilderness, and in his countless letters, including those collected in The Selected Letters of Theodore Roosevelt).
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3 out of 5 stars
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Performance
- By John on 01-12-18
By: Paul H. Jeffers
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Mountain Man
- John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the Call of the American West
- By: David Weston Marshall
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 131
In 1804, John Colter set out with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on the first US expedition to traverse the North American continent. During the 28-month ordeal, Colter served as a hunter and scout, and honed his survival skills on the western frontier. But when the journey was over, Colter stayed behind. He spent two more years trekking alone through dangerous and unfamiliar territory, charting some of the West's most treasured landmarks.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Piqued Curoisty
- By Julie on 01-30-22
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Exploration Fawcett
- Journey to the Lost City of Z
- By: Lt. Col. P. H. Fawcett
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 82
This is the true story of the real Colonel Fawcett, whose life was the inspiration for the best-selling book The Lost City of Z and an upcoming movie starring Brad Pitt. A thrilling account, it tells of Colonel Fawcett and his mysterious disappearance in the Amazon jungle, which is now considered one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century.
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2 out of 5 stars
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boring
- By Ramanda Brockett on 08-07-18
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Through the Brazilian Wilderness
- By: Theodore Roosevelt
- Narrated by: Andre Stojka
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 81
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4 out of 5 stars 75
A former American president nearly dies during an ill-planned exploration through the Brazilian Wilderness and down the River of Doubt. Theodore Roosevelt was a naturalist, explorer, author, hunter, governor, soldier and 26th President of the United States.
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1 out of 5 stars
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narration hindrance to story
- By EBH on 09-29-20
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom
- By: T. E. Lawrence
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 25 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,137
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,000
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 999
Although T. E. Lawrence, commonly known as "Lawrence of Arabia’, died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work in which he chronicles his role in leading the Arab Revolt against the Turks during the First World War. A reluctant leader, and wracked by guilt at the duplicity of the British, Lawrence nevertheless threw himself into his role, suffering the blistering desert conditions and masterminding military campaigns which culminated in the triumphant march of the Arabs into Damascus.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the greatest stories ever told.
- By Stevie on 01-11-13
By: T. E. Lawrence
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The Last Stand
- Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
- By: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,194
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 978
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 976
Little Bighorn and Custer are names synonymous in the American imagination with unmatched bravery and spectacular defeat. Mythologized as Custer's Last Stand, the June 1876 battle has been equated with other famous last stands, from the Spartans' defeat at Thermopylae to Davy Crockett at the Alamo.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A filtered rehash for these more enlightened times
- By Isaac Newtonium on 05-16-17
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Roughing It
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,217
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,088
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,080
In 1861, young Mark Twain found himself adrift as a tenderfoot in the Wild West. Roughing It is a hilarious record of his travels over a six-year period that comes to life with his inimitable mixture of reporting, social satire, and rollicking tall tales. Twain reflects on his scuffling years mining silver in Nevada, working at a Virginia City newspaper, being downandout in San Francisco, reporting for a newspaper from Hawaii, and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The wild humorist of the West
- By Tad Davis on 01-02-12
By: Mark Twain
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The Frontiersmen
- A Narrative
- By: Allan W. Eckert
- Narrated by: Kevin Foley
- Length: 30 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,141
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,897
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,892
The frontiersmen were a remarkable breed of men. They were often rough and illiterate, sometimes brutal and vicious, often seeking an escape in the wilderness of mid-America from crimes committed back east. In the beautiful but deadly country which would one day come to be known as West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, more often than not they left their bones to bleach beside forest paths or on the banks of the Ohio River.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Masterpiece for History Novel Enthusiasts!
- By Whitney on 06-08-11
By: Allan W. Eckert
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The Wilderness Hunter
- By: Theodore Roosevelt
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 101
Eight years before he was elected the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt published these detailed recollections of hunting bison, bear, cougar, elk, moose, deer, and other game around the country. This production was undertaken on the 100th anniversary of Roosevelt's death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome book by one of our best
- By JDD on 11-05-19
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Walden is the classic account of two years spent by Henry David Thoreau living at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. The story is detailed in its accounts of Thoreau's day-to-day activities, observations, and undertakings to survive out in the wilderness for two years. Thoreau's journal is an exquisite account of a man seeking a more simple life by living in harmony with nature.
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Problem with editing
- By Kenneth on 05-08-09
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Napoleon's Hemorrhoids…And Other Small Events That Changed History
- By: Phil Mason
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Hilarious, fascinating, and a roller coaster of dizzying, historical what-ifs, Napoleon's Hemorrhoids is a potpourri for serious historians and casual history buffs. In one of Phil Mason's many revelations, you'll learn that Communist jets were two minutes away from opening fire on American planes during the Cuban missile crisis, when they had to turn back as they were running out of fuel. You'll discover that before the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon's painful hemorrhoids prevented him from mounting his horse to survey the battlefield.
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They just throw the facts too fast
- By Concerned_llama on 12-11-20
By: Phil Mason
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White Hunters
- By: Brian Herne
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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A little over 100 years ago, East Africa was terra incognita to most whites: a land largely unmapped, sparsely settled by Europeans, and teeming with wildlife. It was the hunter-adventurer's paradise, and by the early 20th century, a small, lionhearted clan of explorers and big-game hunters began leading safaris there for money.
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A fascinating account ....
- By Stephen on 01-12-07
By: Brian Herne
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The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World
- By: Robert Garland, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert Garland
- Length: 24 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
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Look beyond the abstract dates and figures, kings and queens, and battles and wars that make up so many historical accounts. Over the course of 48 richly detailed lectures, Professor Garland covers the breadth and depth of human history from the perspective of the so-called ordinary people, from its earliest beginnings through the Middle Ages.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tantalizing time trip
- By Mark on 08-21-13
By: Robert Garland, and others
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- Stephanie L. Mazzetti
- 04-08-21
Short but very entertaining as a book to do work to’
This book is read very smoothly and not in fragments like some other readers recordings are sometime. Short enough to listen to in a day, easy enough to follow even when paused frequently...
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- beatle
- 01-10-22
listened to it as I drove the Oregon trail.
Awesome experience, people back then were cut from a different cloth. great historical document. would recommend the drive as well, but do it in the summer, way too cold. makes you really feel like you are there with them when it is -20f and 25mph
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- Roxie in Dallas
- 09-27-22
loved this historical, autobiographical
offers an excellent view of the country from times past. I learned a lot and very much enjoyed listening
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- Kelly Herndon Patterson
- 09-30-22
Excellent!
Don't miss the chance to listen to this historical journal
So good, I listened twice and enjoyed researching names and places.
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- Rachael mayle
- 09-04-22
Enjoyable story
I truly appreciate this story and I was glad to find it and would recommend it to anyone who likes adventures and to hear the story from a different perspective!!
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- Denison
- 09-13-22
Great Story
It was like going back in time to experience what it was like to travel west and to live with the Indians. The author was very descriptive and the reader was really good.
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- Elisa
- 09-24-22
Fascinating!
Well written and very well read. The narration kept my attention the whole time.
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- david
- 11-05-22
Oregon trail
growing up along the Arkansas River as a child I can relate well to this
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- Thomas Davidson
- 12-13-22
The direction that they are going
At times, it was hard to figure out which direction they were going. And when they had reached the Oregon. When they started back east for the returning.
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Immerse yourself in the wild life of the Oregon Trail
Excellent account of life west of St. Louis in the 1840s. Enjoyed listening to a primary source by a well educated author who actually immersed himself amongst the people west of St. Louis in the 1840s. The reader did a very good job, and although this book did not present a beginning, middle, and end it did present the daily life, as the author lived it on the Oregon Trail. It was fun to escape this present reality for one so brutal and raw has is depicted in this account.
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