The Ride of Her Life
Author: Letts, Elizabeth
ISBN: 9780593414064
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Sep 2021
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;BPgt;The incredible 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 Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;New York TimesPlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt; bestselling author of Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;The Perfect HorsePlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt; and Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;The Eighty-Dollar ChampionPlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;.Plt;/BPgt;
Plt;bPgt;NATIONAL BESTSELLER P#8226;P#160;The #1 Plt;iPgt;New York Times Plt;/iPgt;bestselling author of Plt;iPgt;The Perfect Horse Plt;/iPgt;and Plt;iPgt;The Eighty-Dollar Champion Plt;/iPgt;presents a P#8220;heartwarming and engaging folk-hero biographyP#8221; (Plt;iPgt;Kirkus ReviewsPlt;/iPgt;) of a woman who fulfilled her lifelong wish to see the Pacific Ocean by riding her horse across America.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt; Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8220; Letts vividly portrays an audacious woman whose optimism, courage, and good humor are to be marveled at and admired.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;BooklistPlt;/iPgt;, starred reviewPlt;iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;In 1954, sixty-three-year-old 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 doctorP#8217;s advice to move into the county charity home. Instead, she bought a cast-off brown gelding named Tarzan, donned menP#8217;s dungarees, and headed south in mid-November, hoping to beat the snow. Annie had little idea what to expect beyond her rural crossroads; she didnP#8217;t even have a map. But she did have her ex-racehorse, her faithful mutt, and her own unfailing belief that Americans would treat a stranger with kindness.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Annie, Tarzan, and her dog, Depeche Toi, rode straight into a world transformed by the rapid construction of modern highways. Between 1954 and 1956,P#160;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 miles, through AmericaP#8217;s big cities and small towns. Along the way, she met ordinary people and celebritiesP#8212;from Andrew Wyeth (who sketched Tarzan) to Art Linkletter and Groucho Marx. She received many offersP#8212;a permanent home at a riding stable in New Jersey, a job at a gas station in rural Kentucky, even a marriage proposal from a Wyoming rancher. In a decade when car ownership nearly tripled, when televisionP#8217;s influence was expanding fast, when homeowners began locking their doors, Annie and her four-footed companions inspired an outpouring of neighborliness in a rapidly changing world.
ISBN: 9780593414064
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Sep 2021
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;BPgt;The incredible 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 Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;New York TimesPlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt; bestselling author of Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;The Perfect HorsePlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt; and Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;The Eighty-Dollar ChampionPlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;.Plt;/BPgt;
Plt;bPgt;NATIONAL BESTSELLER P#8226;P#160;The #1 Plt;iPgt;New York Times Plt;/iPgt;bestselling author of Plt;iPgt;The Perfect Horse Plt;/iPgt;and Plt;iPgt;The Eighty-Dollar Champion Plt;/iPgt;presents a P#8220;heartwarming and engaging folk-hero biographyP#8221; (Plt;iPgt;Kirkus ReviewsPlt;/iPgt;) of a woman who fulfilled her lifelong wish to see the Pacific Ocean by riding her horse across America.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt; Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8220; Letts vividly portrays an audacious woman whose optimism, courage, and good humor are to be marveled at and admired.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;BooklistPlt;/iPgt;, starred reviewPlt;iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;In 1954, sixty-three-year-old 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 doctorP#8217;s advice to move into the county charity home. Instead, she bought a cast-off brown gelding named Tarzan, donned menP#8217;s dungarees, and headed south in mid-November, hoping to beat the snow. Annie had little idea what to expect beyond her rural crossroads; she didnP#8217;t even have a map. But she did have her ex-racehorse, her faithful mutt, and her own unfailing belief that Americans would treat a stranger with kindness.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Annie, Tarzan, and her dog, Depeche Toi, rode straight into a world transformed by the rapid construction of modern highways. Between 1954 and 1956,P#160;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 miles, through AmericaP#8217;s big cities and small towns. Along the way, she met ordinary people and celebritiesP#8212;from Andrew Wyeth (who sketched Tarzan) to Art Linkletter and Groucho Marx. She received many offersP#8212;a permanent home at a riding stable in New Jersey, a job at a gas station in rural Kentucky, even a marriage proposal from a Wyoming rancher. In a decade when car ownership nearly tripled, when televisionP#8217;s influence was expanding fast, when homeowners began locking their doors, Annie and her four-footed companions inspired an outpouring of neighborliness in a rapidly changing world.
