West To The Elephant - Softcover

Sprigle-Adair, Joan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1468540955 ISBN 13: 9781468540956

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2012

Synopsis

A fourteen-year-old girl tries unsuccessfully to avoid the journey to the gold rush country her family plans to take. During the five-hour wagon trip from New York City to Philadelphia, she is irritated by the small size of that wagon that carries her family of six and the endless chatter of her siblings. When a widow joins the caravan, she invites the girl to ride with her. Thus begins a close friendship that involves the widow's story of love, inheritance and deception through a little known California ruling. The widow's murder changes the girl profoundly as she begins the search for the assassin.

About this title

About the Author:

Growing up in the borough of Queens in New York City, my best friend and I would sit on the quad of Queens College and gaze with dream filled eyes at the skyline of New York. It was a city I never experienced fully, to my regret. After teaching in both Mineola and Elmont School Districts in Nassau County, I left the area, and became involved in funded educational research projects with young children. With the completion of an Ed.D. program at the University of Florida, I taught at both the College of William and Mary and the Florida State University, directed the Visitor Center at NASA Langley, and eventually returned to classroom teaching at Lee Hall Elementary in Newport News, Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1468540955
• ISBN 13: 9781468540956
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156