Laurie
Lawlor was inspired to write this account of going west by the real
diaries of photographer William Henry Jackson. Jackson was a
photographer but when he decided to go West, at the age of 23. he hired
on as a bullwhacker for a freighting outfit. He sketched
landmarks along his travels on the Old Oregon Trail.
Learn more about William Henry Jackson on the National Park Service's website and its page about Jackson
and these sites with pages about Jackson:
Getty Museum
Thomas H. Harrell's online biography of Jackson -
Time Exposure
For more sites search Google for sites about
"William Henry Jackson."
Reading Beyond "He Will Go Fearless:
Lawlor's book is considered a "western" -- and if you liked this book you may also enjoy reading --
- Billy the Kid by Theodore Taylor
- Black Storm Comin' by Diane L. Wilson
- Journey to Nowhere by Mary Jane Auch
- A Little Bit Dead by Chap Reaver
- Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner by Walter Dean Myers
- Sunshine Rider: The First Vegetarian Western by Ric Hardman
- Tucket's Gold by Gary Paulsen
- Wrango by Brian Burks
