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A review by debnanceatreaderbuzz
Children on the Oregon Trail by Peggy Fortnum, An Rutgers van der Loeff, Roy Edwards
4.0
It seemed obvious to me that this book, on the list of 1001 Children’s Books You Must Read, was a book I should take along on my trip to Oregon.
But the mail can be stubbornly slow at times. This was one of those times. The book didn’t arrive until I returned from Oregon.
Glad it did. I don’t think I could stand to be driving around in the air conditioned comfort of a rental car, stopping to eat at four-star restaurants, and staying in luxurious hotels while reading this book, a story based on true events, a story that takes place in the same setting, with a family who travel the same path, but with parents who die on the trail of fever, and with the seven children, one of whom is a newborn baby, who travel on alone after their parents’ deaths, on foot, through rain and snow, shooting animals for food, searching for clean water, fighting off bears.
Whew. Makes Wild, a book that is partially set in the same location, seem like a day in the park.
But the mail can be stubbornly slow at times. This was one of those times. The book didn’t arrive until I returned from Oregon.
Glad it did. I don’t think I could stand to be driving around in the air conditioned comfort of a rental car, stopping to eat at four-star restaurants, and staying in luxurious hotels while reading this book, a story based on true events, a story that takes place in the same setting, with a family who travel the same path, but with parents who die on the trail of fever, and with the seven children, one of whom is a newborn baby, who travel on alone after their parents’ deaths, on foot, through rain and snow, shooting animals for food, searching for clean water, fighting off bears.
Whew. Makes Wild, a book that is partially set in the same location, seem like a day in the park.