Buck, Rinker. The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey. Revised ed. New York:
Simon & Schuster, 2015.
In the book, The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey, Rinker Buck travel with his brother alone the Oregon Trail. Rinker Buck and his brother, Nick, experience reliving the journey taken by the original nineteenth-century travelers of the Oregon Trail. Although the journey was harsh, and was at times unpleasant, the brother agreed that the journey was a trip of a lifetime because of the experiences and the hospitality they received from this trail.
The inspiration for Rinker Buck's journey began was with a childhood experience when his father took him and his brother on a wagon trip through the Northeast, it inspired Rinker to take the Oregon …show more content…
But most of the people loved seeing the covered wagon passing through their tows. People often offered food or supplies, invited them into their houses for a shower, or offered tips to navigate the trail. After
Rinker and his Nick crossed over the Nebraska state line, they found their first market for the
Oregon Trail. Much like the original pioneers, the brothers dealt with torrential rains throughout their voyage that caused their own set of headaches, such as losing their lantern and artificial light for nighttime. In one particularly difficult moment, Rinker became emotional and it caused Nick leaving Rinker alone for several weeks. Rinker felt guilty and embarrassed for having bad mood and bad emotion. In the end, Nick decided to remain with
Rinker for the Oregon Trail trip, and saying that they both needed each other's accompany for the trip. The Brothers faced many difficulties along the way to Oregon, such as dangerously thin paths through bluffs and steep climbs amid high terrain that they sometimes chose to take over other options. These more treacherous pathways caused issues with the mules, wagon, or the Trail Pop. At one point, problems arose with their wagon's wheels, which …show more content…
This expedition mapped the Eastern and
Western valleys, and had developed the Oregon Trail. The Oregon Trail is begin in Missouri and ended in the Oregon city. It's hard to travel along the Oregon trail because of the weather and accidents. It's hard and dangerous to travel on the Oregon trail whatever is by car or wagon. There is about 20,000 people died on the Oregon due to the accidents and diseases.
It's easily to get typhoid, mountain fever, cholera, the flu, and measles while traveling on the trail. Because people can't go to the hospital immediately and people won't have those kinds of medicine with them while traveling, most of the people died due to those diseases. Some people died because they fell from the wagons or killed by the Indians. The author said that they lost their lantern and artificial light for nighttime because of the big storm. During thr trip, Rinker and Nick's wagon's wheels begun to rot, and they might fall from the wagon at anytime, but they didn't because they were lucky enough. The brothers met the people who drove their vehicles too close to the wagon and mules, and that might cause the accident,
Simon & Schuster, 2015.
In the book, The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey, Rinker Buck travel with his brother alone the Oregon Trail. Rinker Buck and his brother, Nick, experience reliving the journey taken by the original nineteenth-century travelers of the Oregon Trail. Although the journey was harsh, and was at times unpleasant, the brother agreed that the journey was a trip of a lifetime because of the experiences and the hospitality they received from this trail.
The inspiration for Rinker Buck's journey began was with a childhood experience when his father took him and his brother on a wagon trip through the Northeast, it inspired Rinker to take the Oregon …show more content…
But most of the people loved seeing the covered wagon passing through their tows. People often offered food or supplies, invited them into their houses for a shower, or offered tips to navigate the trail. After
Rinker and his Nick crossed over the Nebraska state line, they found their first market for the
Oregon Trail. Much like the original pioneers, the brothers dealt with torrential rains throughout their voyage that caused their own set of headaches, such as losing their lantern and artificial light for nighttime. In one particularly difficult moment, Rinker became emotional and it caused Nick leaving Rinker alone for several weeks. Rinker felt guilty and embarrassed for having bad mood and bad emotion. In the end, Nick decided to remain with
Rinker for the Oregon Trail trip, and saying that they both needed each other's accompany for the trip. The Brothers faced many difficulties along the way to Oregon, such as dangerously thin paths through bluffs and steep climbs amid high terrain that they sometimes chose to take over other options. These more treacherous pathways caused issues with the mules, wagon, or the Trail Pop. At one point, problems arose with their wagon's wheels, which …show more content…
This expedition mapped the Eastern and
Western valleys, and had developed the Oregon Trail. The Oregon Trail is begin in Missouri and ended in the Oregon city. It's hard to travel along the Oregon trail because of the weather and accidents. It's hard and dangerous to travel on the Oregon trail whatever is by car or wagon. There is about 20,000 people died on the Oregon due to the accidents and diseases.
It's easily to get typhoid, mountain fever, cholera, the flu, and measles while traveling on the trail. Because people can't go to the hospital immediately and people won't have those kinds of medicine with them while traveling, most of the people died due to those diseases. Some people died because they fell from the wagons or killed by the Indians. The author said that they lost their lantern and artificial light for nighttime because of the big storm. During thr trip, Rinker and Nick's wagon's wheels begun to rot, and they might fall from the wagon at anytime, but they didn't because they were lucky enough. The brothers met the people who drove their vehicles too close to the wagon and mules, and that might cause the accident,