The ride of her life : the true story of a woman, her horse, and their last-chance journey across America
Letts, Elizabeth2021
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In 1954, Annie Wilkins, a sixty-three-year-old farmer from Maine, embarked on an impossible journey. She had no relatives left, she'd lost her family farm to back taxes and her doctor had just given her two years to live - but only if she 'lived restfully.' He offered her a spot in the county's charity home. Instead, she decided she wanted to see the Pacific Ocean just once before she died. She bought a cast-off brown gelding named Tarzan, donned men's dungarees, loaded up her horse and headed out from Maine in mid-November, hoping to beat the snow. She had no map, no GPS, no phone. But she had her ex-racehorse, her faithful mutt, and her own unfailing belief that Americans would treat a stranger with kindness. This is the story of her incredible journey.
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Author:
Letts, Elizabeth, author
Imprint:
New York : Ballantine, 2021.
Collation:
272 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780525619321 (hbk)
Dewey class:
636.10092BWIL
Language:
English
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BRN:
787774