buck, rinker

". . . an epic blend of history and adventure in which Rinker Buck builds a wooden flatboat from the grand "flatboat era" of the 1800s and sails it down the Mississippi River, illuminating the forgotten past of America's first western frontier"--Provided by publisher.

Follows the modern-day journey of Rinker Buck on the Oregon Trail the old fashioned way, in covered wagon, with three mules, his brother Nick, and a Jack Russell terrier called Olive Oyl. Explores stories of the Oregon Trail and its importance in American history.

Rinker Buck discusses his time as he traveled the two thousand miles of the Oregon Trail.

The author tells the story of the cross-country flight he and his brother made in 1966 at the ages of seventeen and fifteen, flying from the East coast all the way to California in a rebuilt Piper Cub, and discusses how their father's influence set them on the course to adventure.