“The exodus across the plains in the fifteen years before the Civil War, when more than 400,000 pioneers made the trek between the frontier at the Missouri River and the Pacific coast, is still regarded by scholars as the largest… — Rinker Buck Copy Share Image
“The exodus across the plains in the fifteen years before the Civil War, when more than 400,000 pioneers made the trek between the frontier… — Rinker Buck Copy Share Image
“The cops of America are poster-boys of low self-esteem. Their uniforms, silly hats, and sparkling patent leather girdles freighted down with shiny handcuffs, walkie-talkies,… — Rinker Buck Copy Share Image
“Cody was a classic résumé-bloater, a braggart impresario who prospered by exploiting the gullibility of the American people, most of whom are so poorly… — Rinker Buck Copy Share Image
“Now I knew a little bit more about how the pioneers felt as they embarked for the West. It was my jumping-off time and… — Rinker Buck Copy Share Image
“During the trail years, reaching Independence Rock aroused a kind of collective, Paleolithic carving gene, a powerful urge among the pioneers to leave behind… — Rinker Buck Copy Share Image
“All the heroes had crew cuts, platinum-blond wives and drove Corvettes. The media was devoted to this cult of innocence.” — Rinker Buck Copy Share Image
“The 1836 Whitman-Spalding covered wagon train was the first to go beyond the Rockies and complete the Oregon Trail.” — Rinker Buck Copy Share Image
“Persistence is a drug that delivers strength, but it also dulls our sense of reality. My last thought before falling asleep was that we… — Rinker Buck Copy Share Image
“Scholars have now concluded that Buffalo Bill’s famous ride never happened, and in fact he was not a Pony Express rider at all.” — Rinker Buck Copy Share Image
