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Oregon Trail: Last of the Pioneers
Non-Fiction
Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
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Rick Steber
96 books15 followersRick Steber, the author of more than 30 books with sales of more than a million copies, has received national acclaim for his writing. His numerous awards include the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Novel, Western Heritage Award, Benjamin Franklin Award, Mid-America Publishers Award, Oregon Library Association Award, Oregon Literary Arts Award, Independent Publishers Book Award, Indies Award for Excellence, and the USA Best Book Award. Three of his books have been optioned to movie production companies.
In addition to his writing, Rick is an engaging Western personality and has the unique ability to make his characters come alive as he tells a story. He has spoken at national and international conferences and visits schools where he talks to students about the importance of education, developing reading and writing skills, and impressing upon them the value of saving our history for future generations.
Rick has two sons, Seneca and Dusty, and lives near Prineville, Oregon. He writes in a cabin in the timbered foothills of the Ochoco Mountains.
In addition to his writing, Rick is an engaging Western personality and has the unique ability to make his characters come alive as he tells a story. He has spoken at national and international conferences and visits schools where he talks to students about the importance of education, developing reading and writing skills, and impressing upon them the value of saving our history for future generations.
Rick has two sons, Seneca and Dusty, and lives near Prineville, Oregon. He writes in a cabin in the timbered foothills of the Ochoco Mountains.
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May 25, 2013
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Rugged outdoorsman Rick Steber has compiled 50 of his newspaper columns into a tidy collection for history buffs, simply entitled THE OREGON TRAIL. Just 58 pages, this little gem about westward migration contains facts gleaned from letters, journals and interviews of Oregon emigrants and their descendants. Enchanced by the excellent pen and ink sketches of Don Gray, this slim volume is crammed with historical data and real life anecdotes about dozens of brave pioneers. This bold crowd who took the northernmost route to the Pacifc between 1843 until after the Civil War. Such a wide time span provides a variety of Oregon Trail experiences.
This book is a must-read for elementary children studying Amereica's westward migration, as well as for anyone contemplating a fictionalized tale about the Oregon Trail. This first volume in Steber's Wild West Series reads as swiftly as an Indian arrow; it includes highjinks and massacres, births and death, courtship and sacrifice. Steber presents it in an easy-to-digest format, as he delves into our piioneering past. This was a time of ego and intitiative; thus these tales emphasize the Human element. Other titles innj this series are: Pacific Coast, Indians, Cowboys, Women of the West, Children's Stories, and Loggers. This series provides handy reference for students of the West--a time in American history which has long fascinated people from all over the world.
(June 13, 2012. I welcome dialogue with teachers.)
Rugged outdoorsman Rick Steber has compiled 50 of his newspaper columns into a tidy collection for history buffs, simply entitled THE OREGON TRAIL. Just 58 pages, this little gem about westward migration contains facts gleaned from letters, journals and interviews of Oregon emigrants and their descendants. Enchanced by the excellent pen and ink sketches of Don Gray, this slim volume is crammed with historical data and real life anecdotes about dozens of brave pioneers. This bold crowd who took the northernmost route to the Pacifc between 1843 until after the Civil War. Such a wide time span provides a variety of Oregon Trail experiences.
This book is a must-read for elementary children studying Amereica's westward migration, as well as for anyone contemplating a fictionalized tale about the Oregon Trail. This first volume in Steber's Wild West Series reads as swiftly as an Indian arrow; it includes highjinks and massacres, births and death, courtship and sacrifice. Steber presents it in an easy-to-digest format, as he delves into our piioneering past. This was a time of ego and intitiative; thus these tales emphasize the Human element. Other titles innj this series are: Pacific Coast, Indians, Cowboys, Women of the West, Children's Stories, and Loggers. This series provides handy reference for students of the West--a time in American history which has long fascinated people from all over the world.
(June 13, 2012. I welcome dialogue with teachers.)
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