Synopsis
On September 26, 1856 the first two handcart companies arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. They began their journey in Liverpool, England arriving in America on the sailing ship Enoch Train. It was a rough journey and some of them didn't survive the ocean voyage. When they arrived in Boston they continued their journey by omnibus, train, and ferry before they started the journey by foot and handcart. These early pioneers had their faith to help carry them through their 1300 mile journey following paths set down by their predecessors. The Enoch Train Pioneers chronicles their footsteps through journals, logbooks, passenger lists and some historical fiction entries. The newly added Handcart Log follows the two handcart companies through a day to day timeline and lets us discover the highlights and low times these courageous saints endured. Robert O. Day again brings us a glimpse into the lives of these early trailblazers of the American west and Linda S. Day has provided us with many new paintings to enhance the work.
About the Author
Robert O. Day ( 1935 - 2002) was a Professor of Communication and Theatre Arts from East Tennessee State University, in Johnson City Tennessee. During his 30+ year in education, he taught at Brigham Young University, Southern Illinois University and East Tennessee State University. A master storyteller and specialist in Elementary Oral Language Arts, for many years he conducted seminars and workshops throughout the Southeast. A notable public speaker and presenter, he wrote, directed and starred in a thirty part television series in Oral Language Arts for educational television. Author of The Mormon Battalion, The Lords Faithful and two dozen other books, he also has to his credit twenty-five childrens stories, six dozen plays and readers theatre scripts, and numerous poems and choral speaking arrangements. After his retirement, with his wife he served four missions, one of which was at the Museum of Church History and Art, where he wrote, directed and presented two new Church historical chamber theatres, Nine Blasts of the Cannon and The Enoch Train Pioneers, Gathering to Zion. The inspiration for most of his writing came from his eight children, eighteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild. But his involvement in genealogy and family, history lies at the foundation of his interest in historical works, with the discovery that many of his ancestors were a part of the historical events of the pioneers and the growth of the Church.
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