New Struggles at Every Turn Across the Oregon Trail - an Editorial Review of "The Reluctant Pioneer"

New Struggles at Every Turn Across the Oregon Trail - an Editorial Review of "The Reluctant Pioneer"

Book Blurb:Matilda Koontz cherishes her life as a wife and mother on a Missouri farm, but her hardworking husband wants to claim free farmland in the Pacific Northwest. When he suggests selling the farm to trek two thousand miles across the Oregon Trail, she balks.But in the spring of 1847, Matilda and Nicholas Koontz and their sons embark on a grueling journey westward. Fresh graves testify to dangers of disease, accidents, starvation, and a mu…