The Oregon Trail

A New American Journey

Rinker Buck

The book chronicles the author's modern-day adventure as he retraces the historic Oregon Trail in a covered wagon with a team of mules. It blends personal narrative with historical research, exploring the trials and landscapes of the original 19th-century pioneers while reflecting on the American spirit and the author's own family dynamics.

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Flight of Passage

A True Story

Rinker Buck

Two teenage brothers, Kern and Rinker Buck, embark on a daring cross-country flight in a small Piper Cub airplane in 1966, navigating from New Jersey to California. Their adventure is a coming-of-age tale that captures the challenges and triumphs of flying, family dynamics, and the America of the mid-20th century.

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