The Trail Does Not Care

A Stark and Unrelenting Tale

The Oregon Trail: two thousand miles of rugged, unforgiving country, and the only road to a new life for a family willing to risk everything to reach it - if they can survive the journey.

John Bartleson's job is to get them there.

A man who reads the land the way others read a map, Bartleson leads wagon trains west toward the Oregon territory. Along the way come brutal storms, broken wagons, swollen rivers, and dangers that strike without warning. Success is measur...