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It's another book which I started, after picking it up second-hand. But, unusually for me, I couldn't face finishing it.
As the book opens, several wagon parties start on a new trail across the USA. Hardship is obviously going to be the result.
After reading the first chapter or so, I felt an ominous sense of this not being an uplifting book in any way. Then I read the last chapter, which was full of death and destruction with only a tiny grain of hope. It felt far too depressing for me to want to read the rest of the book.
Not recommended. But others love it... so don't necessarily take my word for it. It's out of print but can sometimes be found used.
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Hi Sue,
I read Road to Revelation only once and found it very disturbing. But I did read it all the way through and, being a fan of Norah Lofts, I know the author would have researched her subject thoroughly before she even attempted the first line and would guess that it is a sclose as you could come to a description of life for the first settlers in America. I don't know I would ever want to read it again, it left a lasting impression on me, but I do think that it should be read more, even just as a text book.
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