Toward the Setting Sun : Pioneer Girls Traveling the Overland Trails

by Mary Barmeyer O'Brien

• ISBN13: 9781560448419
• ISBN10: 1560448415
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: TwoDot

Summary

Focusing on the lives of ten pioneer girls this fascinating book combines diary excerpts and descriptive prose

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xii
Map of Trails	p. xvi
Snowbound in the Sierras: The Story of Virginia Reed	p. 1
To the Land of Gold and Italian Skies: The Story of Sallie Hester	p. 13
Wild Roses for Louvina: The Story of Mary Ellen Todd	p. 21
Heartbreak and Hope on the Applegate Trail: The Story of Lucy Ann Henderson	p. 33
And in My Heart the Meadow Lark Still Gaily, Sweetly Sings: The Story of Laura Elizabeth Ingalls	p. 41
A Child Bride: The Story of Mary Perry	p. 51
Orphaned on the Oregon Trail: The Story of Catherine Sager	p. 57
One Stew Kettle to Her Name: The Story of Martha Ann Morrison	p. 67
Trouble on the Gila Trail: The Stories of Susan Thompson and Olive Oatman	p. 75
Bibliography	p. 85
Index	p. 90
About the Author	p. 94
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