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12:57:57
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Catalog date:
2009-06-16
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R. S. Steinberg
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Karen Merline
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The Oregon Trail

Francis Parkman, Jr. (1823 - 1893)

The book is a breezy, first-person account of a 2 month summer tour of the U.S. states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas when Parkman was 23. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Travel & Geography, Modern (19th C)

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter I. The Frontier R. S. Steinberg
 00:16:55
Play 02 Chapter II. Breaking the Ice R. S. Steinberg
 00:22:21
Play 03 Chapter III. Fort Leavenworth R. S. Steinberg
 00:07:01
Play 04 Chapter IV. “Jumping Off” R. S. Steinberg
 00:22:46
Play 05 Chapter V. The “Big Blue” R. S. Steinberg
 00:36:48
Play 06 Chapter VI. The Platte and the Desert R. S. Steinberg
 00:28:41
Play 07 Chapter VII. The Buffalo R. S. Steinberg
 00:34:10
Play 08 Chapter VIII. Taking French Leave R. S. Steinberg
 00:33:42
Play 09 Chapter IX. Scenes at Fort Laramie R. S. Steinberg
 00:31:39
Play 10 Chapter X. The War Parties R. S. Steinberg
 00:48:37
Play 11 Chapter XI. Scenes at the Camp R. S. Steinberg
 00:43:21
Play 12 Chapter XII. Ill-Luck R. S. Steinberg
 00:15:15
Play 13 Chapter XIII. Hunting Indians R. S. Steinberg
 00:51:16
Play 14 Chapter XIV. The Ogillallah Village R. S. Steinberg
 00:42:29
Play 15 Chapter XV. The Hunting Camp R. S. Steinberg
 00:48:33
Play 16 Chapter XVI. The Trappers R. S. Steinberg
 00:20:27
Play 17 Chapter XVII. The Black Hills R. S. Steinberg
 00:08:59
Play 18 Chapter XVIII. A Mountain Hunt R. S. Steinberg
 00:25:50
Play 19 Chapter XIX. Passage of the Mountains R. S. Steinberg
 00:35:21
Play 20 Chapter XX. The Lonely Journey R. S. Steinberg
 00:43:31
Play 21 Chapter XXI. The Pueblo and Bent's Fort R. S. Steinberg
 00:15:10
Play 22 Chapter XXII. Tete Rouge, the Volunteer R. S. Steinberg
 00:09:17
Play 23 Chapter XXIII. Indian Alarms R. S. Steinberg
 00:23:25
Play 24 Chapter XXIV. The Chase R. S. Steinberg
 00:19:44
Play 25 Chapter XXV. The Buffalo Camp R. S. Steinberg
 00:32:47
Play 26 Chapter XXVI. Down the Arkansas R. S. Steinberg
 00:37:37
Play 27 Chapter XXVII. The Settlements R. S. Steinberg
 00:22:15