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Went to Kansas - Being a Thrilling Account of an Ill-Fated Expedition to That Fairy Land and Its Sad Results: Together with a Sketch of the Life of the Author and How the World Goes with Her (Paperback)
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Went to Kansas - Being a Thrilling Account of an Ill-Fated Expedition to That Fairy Land and Its Sad Results: Together with a Sketch of the Life of the Author and How the World Goes with Her (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 5 140
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This straightforward and heartbreaking account is based on the
personal diaries of Miriam Colt, written as she and her family
traveled from New York to Kansas in 1856 to join the Vegetarian
Society settlement in a prairie utopia. The Colts began their
journey happy and hopeful, but upon their arrival discovered "all
was not right." No mills or homes were built, fellow settlers were
leaving in droves, and the myriad challenges included Indian
attacks and thievery, foul weather, and devastating illness. On the
Colts' disappointed journey out of the Territory, Miriam's husband
and four-year-old son both succumbed to fever, leaving Miriam and
her small daughter to carry on alone. Through it all, Mrs. Colt
never failed to appreciate the kindness of neighbors and strangers
and the natural beauty of the day and countryside around her.
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