A Tale of GOING WEST on THE Oregon Trail

SHARE THE ADVENTURES OF THE NEWTON FAMILY AS THEY TRAVEL WEST ON THE OREGON TRAIL AS PART OF A WAGON TRAIN IN THE MID-1860s. A TIME OF ‘WHISTLING GIRLS AND CROWING HENS’, PLUS A ‘BLOODY ROOSTER’; FOUR ARABIAN HORSES BROUGHT FROM THE MIDDLE EAST; PREGNANT GOATS; LOVING KITTENS. MARVEL AT THE SNAKE-KILLING PIGS. URGE THE HORSES ON AS THEY RUN FOR THEIR LIVES TO ESCAPE A PRAIRIE FIRE. CLAP YOUR HANDS TO THE MUSIC AS THEY DANCE IN CELEBRATION. LAUGH WITH THEM AS THEY TEACH CHICKENS TO LEAD. LICK YOUR LIPS TO SAVOR THE SWEETNESS OF WILD HONEY OR HOME-CHURNED BUTTER. WONDER AT THE NATURAL LANDMARKS ALONG THE TRAIL. THERE ARE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, SOME FUN AND ROMANCE, A HORSE RACE OR TWO, ALL TOLD WITH REALISM AND HUMOR. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE READING AS MUCH AS I HAVE ENJOYED THE TELLING. Claudia

Claudia has had a love of words ever since she can remember-reading, writing, and even spelling them. She has also been dabbling in fine art for a number of years, using "Claudia" as her signature. The biggest love of her life is her Arabian horses. Her foundation stallion is now deceased but his legacy lives on with sons and daughters at Provin's Promises Arabian Horses, at her home outside of Rantoul, Kansas. You will see the influence of horses in much of her writing and art work. Born and raised in the rural Osawatomie, Kansas, area, she spent a number of years in the Block, Kansas, community and then lived in northern Texas until returning to Kansas a few years ago. She joined the Ottawa (Kansas) Writers' Guild in 2013 and is looking forward to many words of happy writing. She likes to write about true adventures-or what could have been true with a little imagination. Coming out soon is her first work-an anthology called A Kansas Collection of Reflections. Her current work in progress is a combination prequel/side-story/sequel-the story of "Karen", the Waif found by travelers in A Tale of Going West on THE Oregon Trail.