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The Oregon Trail

Author: Francis Parkman

Referenced in 2 episodes

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Episodes Referencing This Book

August 07, 2023

Context:

Speaker 1 discusses historian Francis Parkman (mispronounced as 'France's Apartment') who wrote a definitive history of the French and Indian War and later wrote 'The Oregon Trail' after traveling to the Great Plains in 1834. The book is mentioned in the context of discussing Parkman's visit to a Sioux family's tepee where he witnessed their treatment of dogs and puppies.

January 31, 2022

Context:

Referenced in discussion of historical hunting practices. Parkman wrote the definitive History of the French and Indian War and traveled west in 1846, likely with the Oglala Sioux, including a description of hunting bighorn sheep by rolling rocks down on them in the Black Hills.