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1.Would Geer's account have been as compelling if all had gone well? Do historians and cultures value tragic historical accounts more than happy ones?

2.Given your prior knowledge of the Oregon Trail, what would you expect the arrival in Oregon to be like? Compare that view with what happened to Geer.

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Geer's accounts are synthesized. The Oregon Trail is examined.

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The opinion of compulsion would have to depend on your outlook and interest in history. i would think happy ones might show what was enjoyable, but the ones that are preserved are the tragic ones. Do heroes come out of ...

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