I barely had a sniffle and their family suffered in the middle of a cholera epidemic. The Todd cooked their meals over buffalo chips. But we both had problems getting over the mountains! (I had never heard of the concept of resting your vehicle to give your breaks a rest! I thought my little hatchback was the Energizer Bunny or something.) I did not have to leave anything on the side of the road and I did not pass any unmarked graves (that I know of.) I slept at B&B's and ate in restaurants. My trip did not involve being surrounded and once lassoed by Indians. Reading about the Todd's adventures makes my own cross-country trip to Oregon (I decided to make a big road trip out of my move and drove from TX to FL to MD and then took off for Idaho and Oregon.) seem like a breeze. Leeuwen took those stories and added some dialogue, history and elaboration and gave us Bound for Oregon. She published these stories under the title On to Oregon! A True Story of a Young Girl's Journey Into the West! and it was discovered by author Jean Van Leeuwen. Mary Todd loved to tell stories of her family's travels west to her own children and her daughter, Adrietta Applegate Hixon, eventually wrote her mother's stories down. Most of the story involves the dangers, adventures and triumphs of the Todd family.īound for Oregon is based on a true story of the real life Mary Ellen Todd. Although President Lincoln is discussed, this is a really brief side note to the story. It tells the story of the Todd family as they make their way from Arkansas to Oregon in the 1850's, when the country began making rumblings about the issue of slavery. Given the fact that the Bookworms and I have been discussing life in the Wild West and I've been reading up on travels by covered wagon, Bound for Oregon made for a very fun mommy read. I decided it was high time and I'm glad that I didn't wait any longer to read it. (Not the politics of it, mind you, just the beauty.) I see copies of Bound for Oregon around and about but I've not picked up a copy to read for myself until very recently. Since arriving in this beautiful state I have come to appreciate and love it. However, I'm not a native Oregonian so perhaps that has bought me some time.
It might be shameful that it took me "so long" to read this book. Chronicles of Narnia Reading Challenge (74).
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