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Journey Of Hope: A Novel Of Triumph And Heartbreak On The Oregon Trail In 1852 (2012)

by Victoria Murata(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 5

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English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

review 1: Historic fiction has become a bit of an obsession for me as of late, that with Time-Travel Romances I am hooked on two new Genres of books I never would have registered as interesting previously. However, sometimes curiosity gets the best of us, and we jump into reading a book without a second thought of the genre we normally read, and I am very happy I took that risk with this particular book. I picked-up this book from my listing of daily free kindle books and it looked interesting, the cover picture grabbed my attention, the summary seemed interesting, so off to the Kindle it went, only to be put on the back burner until my ‘to be read & reviewed’ pile shrunk some. Well that day is long off, so I decided in between books to read for review I would read something ... morelight and just to keep my mind off the mundane tasks of everyday life, so I scrolled through my Kindle content and came back to this one time and time again. I am very pleased I did and very happy I took the time to read this novel.The Oregon Trail has generated many many stories, some of crime, some of romance, some of belief, but all tied back to the life on the trail. As children we played a video game where we tried to survive life on a train traveling the Trail, some of us made it, others did not – this game ironically reflected real life, as we’ve read about it in the many books written on the subject. Life on the trail was hard, especially if you were a woman, a child, or the elderly. Disease traveled with those in these trains, and sometimes those who began the journey full of hope did not make it to their final destination. The author does an amazing job of pulling the reader in, she details everything from the big wide prairie to the interiors of the wagon’s of the three main women the story follows. She makes it easy for the reader to follow the storyline, telling it beautifully from a third person perspective, capturing us on the tales of love, dispute, illness, despair, and death sometimes. When a character we had become attached to passes, the reader’s heart yearns and grieves along with those in the story itself. A beautifully written tale sticks as close to the documented history as it possibly can while engaging the reader wholeheartedly.Five out of Five Stars! If you love historic fiction, you will love this one!
review 2: It was a decent read. I liked it enough to keep reading. The Oregon Trail is a big interest of mine, since I was raised in the Pacific Northwest - Vancouver WA and the end of the Trail - Oregon City. This story was interesting enough, if a little bland.If you want historical fiction, try Bernard Cornwell (too bad he hasn't done the American West!); if it's westerns you're after, can't go wrong with Louis L'Amour. less

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