SHARE THE ADVENTURES OF THE NEWTON FAMILY AS THEY TRAVEL WEST ON THE OREGON TRAIL AS PART OF A WAGON TRAIN IN THE MID-1860s. A TIME OF 'WHISTLING GIRLS AND CROWING HENS', PLUS A 'BLOODY ROOSTER'; FOUR ARABIAN HORSES BROUGHT FROM THE MIDDLE EAST; PREGNANT GOATS; LOVING KITTENS. MARVEL AT THE SNAKE-KILLING PIGS. URGE THE HORSES ON AS THEY RUN FOR THEIR LIVES TO ESCAPE A PRAIRIE FIRE. CLAP YOUR HANDS TO THE MUSIC AS THEY DANCE IN CELEBRATION. LAUGH WITH THEM AS THEY TEACH CHICKENS TO LEAD. LICK YOUR LIPS TO SAVOR THE SWEETNESS OF WILD HONEY OR HOME-CHURNED BUTTER. WONDER AT THE NATURAL LANDMARKS ALONG THE TRAIL. THERE ARE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, SOME FUN AND ROMANCE, A HORSE RACE OR TWO, ALL TOLD WITH REALISM AND HUMOR. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE READING AS MUCH AS I HAVE ENJOYED THE TELLING. Claudia