Why Did the Emigrants Head West? For Prosperity, Health, or “Manifest Destiny”?
I decided to write about the Oregon Trail in part because the concept of leaving
I decided to write about the Oregon Trail in part because the concept of leaving
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I was aware from a very young age of
When the pioneers to Oregon left the settled territories for the West, they said they
Here’s a brief Christmas scene from Now I’m Found that takes place on Christmas Day
I deliberately keep this blog apolitical, and this post is not meant to be political.
I have researched how and where the emigrants traveled along the Oregon Trail for ten
My last review of a haunting book for 2016 is of The Summer Before the War,
Writers of historical fiction look for first-hand accounts of the time to give their stories
I’ve made a tradition of writing about “haunting books” on this blog each October, though
One of the problems I’ve had to deal with in my soon-to-be-published novel, Now I’m