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A review by karrama
The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America by Elizabeth Letts
4.0
Told through her own journals and the accounts of locals, this biography doesn't romanticize the situation that caused a woman over 60 to get on a horse and cross American in 1954. Annie Wilkins was alone after illness, living on a farm that was worth far less than was owed on it thanks to the Great Depression.
Annie overcame her illness and didn't have much time left. She tried to make enough planting pickles after she got out of the hospital. Neighbors stepped in to help her out, but living along, Annie didn't see much future for herself on the farm. She hatched a plan to see the Pacific Ocean before she died. She found a Morgan horse and set off.
The majority of the story tells about the foibles of crossing a motor-driving America as an older lady on horseback, and it's a great one.
Annie overcame her illness and didn't have much time left. She tried to make enough planting pickles after she got out of the hospital. Neighbors stepped in to help her out, but living along, Annie didn't see much future for herself on the farm. She hatched a plan to see the Pacific Ocean before she died. She found a Morgan horse and set off.
The majority of the story tells about the foibles of crossing a motor-driving America as an older lady on horseback, and it's a great one.