Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.2
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
6187
Points per Word
0.000162
Page Count
64
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Charts the journey of those who followed the Oregon Trail in the first half of the nineteenth century, describes the obstacles and dangers they encountered, and discusses the Trail's eventual decline with the introduction of the cross-country railroad.