Days on the Road Format: Paperback

Sarah Raymond Herndon, foreword by Mary Barmeyer O'Brien

ISBN 10: 0762725818 / ISBN 13: 9780762725816

Published by Simon and Schuster, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Days on the Road Format: Paperback
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762725818
• ISBN 13: 9780762725816
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Sarah Raymond was an unmarried woman of twenty-four who in May 1865--barely a month after the end of the Civil War--mounted her beloved pony and headed west alongside the wagon carrying her mother and two younger brothers. They traveled by wagon train over the Great Plains toward the Rocky Mountains, with no certain idea of where they would settle themselves but a strong desire to leave war-torn Missouri behind and start a new life.
Days on the Road is the story of this remarkable journey and of the young woman who made it. Written on the trail and originally published in 1902, it is a tribute to all of the emigrants who made their way west and the tale of a truly extraordinary woman.

About the Author

Sarah Raymond Herndon left her home in Missouri in May 1865 and traveled west in the company of her mother, younger brothers, and fellow emigrants, finally arriving in Virginia City, Montana Territory, at the height of the Gold Rush boom in that rough frontier town. She spent the rest of her life in Montana, and published the story of her western journey in 1900.

Mary Barmeyer O'Brien is the author of Heart of the Trail, Into the Western Winds, Toward the Setting Sun, and Bright Star in the Big Sky, a biography of Montana's Jeannette Rankin. She lives in Polson, Montana.