Project Gutenberg 2014-01-06 Public domain in the USA. 105 Otis, James 1848 1912 Kaler, James Otis Orton, James K. Martha of California: A Story of the California Trail Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Martha of California: A Story of the California Trail" by James Otis is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The book focuses on the life of a young girl named Martha Early as she embarks on a challenging journey with her family from Missouri to California during the mid-19th century, a time when many were influenced by the Gold Rush and the promise of fertile land. Through Martha's eyes, readers experience the hardships and adventures faced by the early emigrants on the California Trail. The opening portion of the story introduces Martha Early, who reflects on her past and the reasons her family is leaving their home in Pike County, Missouri. Her father, convinced that California offers better land and opportunities amidst the gold rush, drives the family to join a group of fellow emigrants. As the preparations for the journey unfold, both Martha and her mother express concerns about the challenges they may encounter along the way. The narrative highlights the initial excitement of embarking on the journey, punctuated by moments of doubt and apprehension about their decision to journey into an unknown land. As they set out, the atmosphere is filled with a mix of hope and anxiety, foreshadowing the experiences ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44600/44600-h/images/cover.jpg en Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Juvenile fiction West (U.S.) -- Juvenile fiction Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile fiction United States -- History -- 1849-1877 -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction 195275 195283 2024-09-18T16:26:06.449022 2023-09-19T11:54:11.410264 text/html text/html 191479 2014-01-05T19:09:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 4811261 2014-01-05T19:10:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 5264299 2024-09-18T16:26:11.859259 application/epub+zip 5264266 2024-09-18T16:26:07.702016 application/epub+zip 138577 2024-09-18T16:26:07.023016 application/epub+zip 5371877 2024-09-18T16:26:15.537057 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5308260 2024-09-18T16:26:11.147030 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193358 2022-09-20T10:48:30.652469 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 158374 2024-09-18T16:26:05.520066 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 158098 2014-01-05T19:09:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 56949 2014-01-05T19:10:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 158092 2014-01-05T19:09:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 56923 2014-01-05T19:10:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 158085 2014-01-05T19:10:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56897 2014-01-05T19:10:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22877 2024-09-18T16:26:15.700091 application/rdf+xml 22427 2024-09-18T16:26:07.127031 image/jpeg 3084 2024-09-18T16:26:07.076018 image/jpeg 4917682 2024-09-18T16:26:06.668053 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Prentice, Harry en.wikipedia