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Against All Odds: The Lucy Scott Mitchum Story

door Barbara Riefe

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Lucy Scott Mitchum was not sure how she felt about California. But that's where she and her family were going. Since they'd packed all their belongings and started on the long trail West, Lucy and her husband, Noah, had talked of nothing but their future. California was Paradise and unlimited opportunity and untold riches. Noah was going to the gold fields and he would strike it rich -- nothing less than a fortune would do.But before the promise of California, there would be seemingly endless miles of prairie and mountain, swollen rivers and disease, and Indians and madness. But Lucy and her little family would have to survive a 2000 mile ordeal before they got there. It would be harder than she ever imagined....… (meer)
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This novel by Barbara Riefe tells the story of a small family that journeys overland by covered wagon to California. It is 1849 and the husband, Noah , has been bitten by the gold rush bug. The wife, Lucy doesn’t want to leave her friends and family in Baltimore, but she loves her husband and so agrees to pack up her belongings and her small daughter. They are able to travel about a third of the way with a small wagon party that is heading to Oregon, but eventually they must leave and strike out on their own. The journey is hazardous, strenuous and at times heartbreaking. It amazes me what people put themselves through on the barest promise of a better life to come.

I enjoyed this book, but wished there was more to the characters. I never really felt connected to them, they always remained just black and white with no real depth. Of course, the subject matter really interests me, and it was a easy and quick read. Barbara Riefe is a born story-teller and certainly knew what she was writing about, I just wish I was able to get more involved in the story. ( )
  DeltaQueen50 | May 20, 2015 |
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Lucy Scott Mitchum was not sure how she felt about California. But that's where she and her family were going. Since they'd packed all their belongings and started on the long trail West, Lucy and her husband, Noah, had talked of nothing but their future. California was Paradise and unlimited opportunity and untold riches. Noah was going to the gold fields and he would strike it rich -- nothing less than a fortune would do.But before the promise of California, there would be seemingly endless miles of prairie and mountain, swollen rivers and disease, and Indians and madness. But Lucy and her little family would have to survive a 2000 mile ordeal before they got there. It would be harder than she ever imagined....

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