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West Along the Wagon Road, 1852
"Everyone on the wagon train knew Harriet
"Duck" Scott was looking for adventure, as the Scott family left
Illinois for the faraway Oregon Territory.
"Then Mother died and Father became like a
stranger, lost in a world of his own. It was up to Duck and her five
sisters, three brothers, and nine hired hands to keep their wagon train
together. But Duck's life didn't settle down. her older sisters, Jenny
and Fanny, were changing in ways she couldn't understand. And poor
little Wilkie was becoming more withdrawn every day. At least Maggie
still paid attention to her; she was still the sister Duck loved the
best.
"Nothing could have prepared the Scott
family for the dangers they were about to meet as they crossed the
desert, the plains, and the mountains, and felt the heat, the hunger,
the thirst that wouldn't go away. Suddenly Duck and her sisters knew
their mission -- to find water and save their family, no matter what
risks they had to take!" -- Quoted from the cover of the Minstrel®
edition.
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