Jamie's Journey : An Early American Adventure
Description
Befriended by the Allen family after the death of his mother, young Jamie Bacon heads west by wagon train in search of his pa. During his two-year journey from Front Royal, Virginia, to Marietta, Ohio, and then on to St. Louis, Missouri, Jamie meets both friendly and hostile Native Americans. He nearly drowns while crossing the Potomac River, and he barely escapes being stolen and sold into servitude by two unscrupulous women in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jamie also struggles against the endless torment dished out by Teddy Hillis, who teases him almost beyond endurance. Yet Jamie enjoys the ...
ISBN(s)
0805946152, 9780805946154
