{"product_id":"journeys-toward-home-ruth-wehmer-hawkins-9780986399282","title":"Journeys Toward Home: Essays on Ancestors and Their Paths to Missouri","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a special hardcover edition of essays on the ancestors of James H. Wehmer and Hazel M. Snoddy, printed on ultra premium paper. Essays are placed within the context of significant periods of history and follow migration patterns typical of many other American families. To appreciate our ancestors, one must understand the times and places in which they lived and events and experiences that shaped their lives. We must know about their struggles and recognize how much is owed to the perseverance and sacrifices of generations that came before us. Though the ancestors here immigrated from different countries, they all ended their journeys in Missouri. Their journeys to get there took them through waves of European immigration, the American Revolutionary War, Indian Wars, the War of 1812, the Louisiana Purchase, America's Civil War, the Great Depression, World War I, World War II and other important historical events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLand ownership was almost always a primary goal for early westward movement in the United States and the subjects of these essays are no exception. In the 1840s, Manifest Destiny came to represent the inevitability of expansion across the continent. These family lines arriving in Missouri, however, did not follow others to the Pacific Coast. Instead, they remained in Missouri through the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century and into the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century. Destiny carried them only so far as the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in what became the State of Missouri in 1821.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Wehmer Hawkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0986399280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780986399282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Writers Bloc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Ruth Wehmer Hawkins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46795529650431,"sku":"9780986399282","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c19f5c6c-64dd-4858-b86a-44e789184a78.jpg?v=1744947886","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/journeys-toward-home-ruth-wehmer-hawkins-9780986399282","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}