I'm looking for a book about travel on a wagon train

[left-of-center2012]

Has anyone read a good nonfiction book about what it was like living and traveling on a wagon train headed out west?

I read somewhere recently that wagon trains did not travel in single file with one wagon following the other.
The article said they traveled about five alongside each other.

That raised my interest in finding out what it was actually like on a wagon train.

Thanks

[Sneederbunk]

1. The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman.

It is a classic.

[left-of-center2012]

4. Thanks

A bit pricey for me, but I've book marked it.

[efhmc]

8. Did you try your local library?

Found it in two of the ones I use.

[luvs2sing]

2. Wagons West by Frank McLynn.

Also, The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman and Oregon Trail Revisited by Gregory Franzwa.

[left-of-center2012]

5. Thanks. But ...

Wagons West by Frank McLynn

Reviews say the author uses too many big words most people don't know and have to look up.
Is that right?

[ret5hd]

3. Readers Digest Condensed Version:

Appalachians: “Well…dammit”
Plains: “Ohhh…this is easy!”
Rockies: “Uhhhh…motherfucker”

[left-of-center2012]

6. Remember what Roman emperor Silbannacus said

[ret5hd]

7. Well, no I don't...got the RDCV available?

[Achilleaze]

10. Silbannacus sayeth: "No one will ever remember what I said."

"Unless they use a search engine."

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. Ohhh, I would LOVE to read a non-fiction book

about travel on a wagon train.

[intheflow]

11. Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey; Lillian Schlissel (Editor)

I loved this book! The resourcefulness that women had to have to cook and care for their families, sometimes with unidentifiable food food found on the trail, sometimes giving birth during the journey - it was fascinating, and made moreso by the primary source diaries. A great addition to the westward journey, from the women's POV.