The Oregon Trail

by Francis Parkman · 1849

The young historian's firsthand account of travel among the Plains tribes and emigrants on the frontier. Parkman's classic of the American West.

Books mentioned in The Oregon Trail (4)

• The Bible in Spain by George Borrow: “Borrow, the author of 'The Bible in Spain,' I presume you know him too?"”
• Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Byron: “One could not but recall the stanza of “Childe Harold”:”
• Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains by John C. Frémont: “out of gunpowder and charcoal, and the leaves of “Fremont’s Expedition,” rolled round a stout lead pencil.”
• Lays of Ancient Rome by Thomas Babington Macaulay: “it was “Macaulay’s Lays”; and I made some remark, expressing my admiration of the work.”