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Sweet Betsy from Pike (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781440188350)
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xWhen the Rev. Elias Potter refuses to let his eighteen-year-old daughter, Betsy, marry nineteen-year-old Ike McNab, the two young lovers take matters into their own hands. With a baby on the way, the two decide to leave Louisiana, Missouri, in 1849 and journey to California to join the Gold Rush.
Betsy and Ike have no idea what the passage will entail, and it is not an easy one. Joining a wagon train, the two face danger and hardship as they climb mountains, cross the desert, and ford rivers on the long and arduous journey to California. Betsy and Ike must not only survive the passage itself, but must learn to eke out a living in the rough-and-tumble gold mining camp of Hangtown.
An epic poem in prose, Sweet Betsy from Pike follows the famous frontier ballad of the same name in tracing the story of a sweet girl who leaves Missouri and grows into a strong woman who learns to take charge of her own destiny.
Author: Sam Sackett
ISBN-10: 1440188351
ISBN-13: 9781440188350
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 12/18/2009
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
By Sam Sackett
xSam Sackett has written a children's book, scholarly books and articles, and science fiction stories. After teaching at a university, Sackett began working in the advertising, public relations, and career management domain. He is past president of the Kansas Folklore Society. He and his wife, Suwapee, live in Oklahoma.
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