California and Oregon trail vs The adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A.: Which Should You Read?

Cover of California and Oregon trail California and Oregon trail Francis Parkman · 1872 ★★★★☆ 3.6 381 pages · ≈ 7 h 03 m · Challenging

Presents accounts of a young man's travels on the Oregon Trail and his sojourn with the Oglala Indians.

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Cover of The adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A. The adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A. Washington Irving · 1800 207 pages · ≈ 3 h 50 m · Challenging

While engaged in writing an account of the grand enterprise of Astoria, it was my practice to seek all kinds of oral information connected with the subject. Nowhere did I pick up more interesting particulars than at the…

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California and Oregon trailThe adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A.
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California and Oregon trailThe adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A.
Ratings 3778 —
Editions 103 145
Want to read 4709 —
Reading it now 916 —
Written reviews 365 —
Pages 381 207

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