num_pages: 73
description: Approved by The Oregon/California Trail Association For a fourteen-year-old boy in 1854, the prospect of making a long and adventurous journey was exciting and irresistible. With his brother Lewis, already an experienced transcontinental wagon master, Joseph Borroughs made the overland journey from South Carolina to Napa City, California. Here is the first person, unedited account of that dangerous but rewarding expedition across the American West to the shores of the Pacific. Borroughs tells the tale in the style of the time, with a unique humor and philosophical insight. Read about the pig who thought he was a cow, and of a face to face encounter with hungry wolves. Suffer with him as he deals with the physical hardships of the crossing and the harsh reality of frontier justice. Marvel with him at the humbling experience of crossing wide plains and majestic mountains under an endless sky. Ride along with these big-hearted, broad-minded, whole souled and all around stalwart people as they risk their lives to reach a land of promise.
language: English
title: Journey With the Wagon Master
titlecomplete: Journey With the Wagon Master
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Earthen Vessel Production Inc