NATIONAL BESTSELLER The triumphant true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The EightyDollar ChampionThe gift Elizabeth Letts has is that she makes you feel you are the one taking this trip. This is a book we can enjoy always but especially need now.Elizabeth Berg, author of The Story of Arthur Truluv In 1954, sixtythreeyearold Maine farmer Annie Wilkins embarked on an impossible journey. She had no money and no family, she had just lost her farm, and her doctor had given her only two years to live. But Annie wanted to see the Pacific Ocean before she died. She ignored her doctors advice to move into the county charity home. Instead, she bought a castoff brown gelding named Tarzan, donned mens dungarees, and headed south in midNovember, hoping to beat the snow. Annie had little idea what to expect beyond her rural crossroads she didnt even have a map. But she did have her exracehorse, her faithful mutt, and her own unfailing belief that Americans would treat a stranger with kindness.Annie, Tarzan, and her dog, Depeche Toi, rode straight into a world transformed by the rapid construction of modern highways. Between 1954 and 1956,the three travelers pushed through blizzards, forded rivers, climbed mountains, and clung to the narrow shoulder as cars whipped by them at terrifying speeds. Annie rode more than four thousand...

Binding: Paperback;336 pages; Publisher: Random House USA Inc; Classification: BM; Weight: 372 g; Dimensions: 202 x 131 x 23

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