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Above Snakes
Above Snakes vividly brings to life the little known story of the Utter-Van Orman wagon train and the deadliest events in the history of the Oregon Trail.
Old Man Munson is afraid he’ll never leave Fort Hall. It’s too late to expect another wagon train; the soldiers are packing up and leaving it to the Indians already gathering there for the winter. Worn out from months on the trail, his wagon destroyed and his provisions lost, Munson is about to give up hope.
Thirteen-year old Emeline Trimble is also losing hope. Her stepfather is an incompetent wagon master and she’s worried they won’t make the Blue Mountains before snowfall. The young girl’s concern only deepens when they finally reach Fort Hall, find it thick with Indians, the army in retreat and a strange old man begging for a ride.Munson thinks his luck has turned. But he’s about to join this late group of travelers as they enter the most desolate stretch of the trail and begin a harrowing 400-mile ordeal that will test the limits of their endurance.
Who among them has what it takes to survive?
Old Man Munson is afraid he’ll never leave Fort Hall. It’s too late to expect another wagon train; the soldiers are packing up and leaving it to the Indians already gathering there for the winter. Worn out from months on the trail, his wagon destroyed and his provisions lost, Munson is about to give up hope.
Thirteen-year old Emeline Trimble is also losing hope. Her stepfather is an incompetent wagon master and she’s worried they won’t make the Blue Mountains before snowfall. The young girl’s concern only deepens when they finally reach Fort Hall, find it thick with Indians, the army in retreat and a strange old man begging for a ride.Munson thinks his luck has turned. But he’s about to join this late group of travelers as they enter the most desolate stretch of the trail and begin a harrowing 400-mile ordeal that will test the limits of their endurance.
Who among them has what it takes to survive?
433 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 29, 2016
About the author
Patti Hudson
4 booksPatti Hudson is the author of Above Snakes, a historical novel about struggle and survival on the Oregon Trail. She is also the author of Blue Roan, a contemporary novel of hard-earned redemption, friendship and family in the changing West.
She and her husband live in a remote, solar powered cabin in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon, where in addition to writing Patti works as a dayrider – a freelance cowgirl of sorts. Her novels draw on her love of animals and wild places.
She and her husband live in a remote, solar powered cabin in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon, where in addition to writing Patti works as a dayrider – a freelance cowgirl of sorts. Her novels draw on her love of animals and wild places.
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April 2, 2022
Massacre by Indians and white man alike.
This was a good book about the humanity
of man. There was more than one conflict. The characters were both good and bad. Some that were hated at the beginning of the book were loved by the end. It shows human nature at its best and worse. Based on a true story.
This was a good book about the humanity
of man. There was more than one conflict. The characters were both good and bad. Some that were hated at the beginning of the book were loved by the end. It shows human nature at its best and worse. Based on a true story.
October 30, 2017
Based on a True Story. I have researched some of the survivor, because this story had me wanting to learn more about them.
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