Joined Trails
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Join the adventure, romance and tragedy of families in the late 1830sand early 1840s. Many couples married very young; but the lifeexpectancy was around 40 years of age. Couples often stayed closeto family, even living on the same land. Each couple in this story hasdifferent reasons to move west, but they join their lives as they jointrails. Two young couples are soon joined by a third, newlywed coupleon the wagon train. The Iowa Territory was known for fertile grasslands for farming and tracks of forest for lumber. What could not beexpressed was the varied beauty of the Iowa landscape. Matthew andZeta Emmerson, Ruben and Amy Younst and Jack and CassandraDraper join together on the same wagon train and develop friendships.They meet and befriend John Fetters, Old John, on the trail after thetragic loss of his wife, Fran. Join them on their adventure.