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books:

Jeannette Rankin: Bright Star in the Big Sky
Mary Barmeyer O'Brien

TwoDot, 2001

Chronicles the extraordinary life of Jeannette Rankin, first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress.

Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865: The Diary of Sarah Raymond Herndon

4 reviews
Sarah Raymond Herndon

TwoDot, 2003

Absolutely wonderful!
I found this diary charming and informative. Having always had a fascination with the time period and wagon trains, I couldn't put this book down. By the end of the book, I was saddened by the fact that Sarah didn't continue recording her life in Montana. I felt as if I had known her personally and was touched by the whole accounting of her travels.

Outlasting the Trail: The Story of a Woman's Journey West

1 review
Mary Barmeyer O'Brien

TwoDot, 2005

Outlasting the Trail
Outlasting the Trail: The Story of a Woman's Journey West Excellent. So real that I felt like I was right there watching Mary and her family during each crisis and each small joy. Including and using Mary Rockwood Powers' own letters for this story created the sense of being there with Mary and her family. The story tells of what is required of Mary and the choices she must make to keep her ...

Across Death Valley: The California Trail Journey of Juliet Wells Brier--A Novel
Mary Barmeyer O'Brien

TwoDot, 2009

Across Death Valley tells the remarkable story of one woman?s brave struggle to keep her family alive during one of the most arduous and dramatic episodes in the history of Western migration. A riveting narrative by a writer known for her books on pioneers, Across Death Valley is a fictionalized account based on the true story of the legendary journey that Juliet Wells Brier, her husband, and their three sons undertook during the Gold Rush ...

Heart of the Trail: The Stories of Eight Wagon Train Women

4 reviews
Mary Barmeyer O'Brien

TwoDot, 1997

Compelling Stories
This enjoyable book contains the compelling stories of eight pioneer women who travelled the overland trails. It brings to light not only their day-to-day struggles, but the joys, sorrows, and hardships they encountered as they travelled west. The author outlines their remarkable stories in a clear, descriptive style and includes excerpts from their own writings. An enlightening book!

Toward the Setting Sun: Pioneer Girls Traveling the Overland Trails

1 review
Mary Barmeyer O'Brien

TwoDot, 1999

Stamina, endurance
Mary Barmeyer O'Brien has taken the covered wagon diaries and memoirs of ten young girls and harmonized them with own characteristic style of writing to illustrate the many human perils endured along the emigrant trail. As with her other book, "Into the Western Wind" which depicts young boys' perceptions of the rigors of overland travel, "Toward the Setting Sun" is also an insightful glimpse into ...

Into the Western Winds: Pioneer Boys Traveling the Overland Trails

1 review
Mary Barmeyer O'Brien

TwoDot, 2002

Spirited stories of young westward emigrants
Heartfelt renderings of life along the Oregon/California Trails through the eyes of boys and adolescent young men. Mary Barmeyer O'Brien selects nine different diaries and memoirs of pioneering young men and paraphrases these diary excerpts with her own style of writing. Wonderfully done! We read of seven year old Jesse Applegate and their Oregon bound wagon train of 1843 with their many ...