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Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie

The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell (Dear America)

by Kristiana Gregory

1997 163 pages eng ★ 3.6 (9 ratings)

Now that we're in the North Platte River Valley the air feels dry and thin. My lips are so chapped they bleed when I talk. The only thing to do is dip our fingers in to the bucket of axle grease and rub our lips every hour or so. It smells bad, it tastes bad, and the blowing dust sticks. It feels…

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