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How to Get Rich on the Oregon Trail offers a lively glimpse into a family's westward migration, highlighting the harsh realities of hunger, thirst, sickness, and encounters with citizens and Native Americans. The narrative showcases the ingenuity, skill, and sometimes cunning required to navigate these challenges on the historic overland route.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Tod Olson
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