The Ride of Her Life, (Hardcover)

from tamidale

I loved this book! It's a wonderful non-fiction account of Annie Wilkins and her late-in-life adventure across the United States in the mid 1950's. At age 63, Annie's doctor had given her two years to live. She also had a farm that she was going to lose to back taxes and she had no money stashed...

from LyndaInOregon

This true story of feisty 62-year-old Maine woman who embarked on a horseback journey to California in 1954 tells the remarkable tale of Annie Wilkins, whose hardscrabble life on a remote farm was snatched away by a combination of bad weather, bad luck, bad harvest, and failing health. Unable to ...

from jbarr5

The Ride of Her Life Elizabeth Letts Story is about Annie and how she grew up and when everyone has left her she decides after a health emergency she needs to see the west coast. She collects her clothing, wearing most of it, along with her horse, a Morgan, and a dog. It's in the early 1950's an...

from eduscapes

In 1954, Annie Welkin's Doctor tells her that she has only a few years to live. Her farm is being taken over by the bank. She is in her Sixties and has never traveled far from home, but dreams about seeing California and the Pacific Ocean. Annie raises a summer crop of cucumbers that she sells to...

from Cats57

I TOTALLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ALMOST EVERYONE!!! I am in awe of this book, Annie Wilkins, and even the time period. The early 1950s, when America was still unafraid to trust, loved an adventure, and wasn't glued to electronic devices! TV still wasn't as popular as it would get later in that d...