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One of the most unique examples of a cross-country voyage occurred in the 1950s when a 63-year-old woman who had just been diagnosed with a terminal illness rode 7,000 miles coast to coast on her.
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Upbeat and touching, Wilkins' story is the perfect pandemic escapist read." — Booklist (starred review) "This engaging folk-hero biography, which follows Wilkins throughout her grand adventure, also touches on the cultural history of mid-20th-century America…A heartwarming and nostalgic book to appeal to horse lovers and fans of the.
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In November of 1954, after a health scare revealed she only had four years to live, 63-year-old Annie Wilkins bought a horse, grabbed her dog, and left her tiny hometown to ride west.
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Photo - A Heaven for vee Annie Wilkins: Spreading Hope and Adventure in the Changing Landscape of the 1950s Annie and her fellow travelers brought hope to their neighbors in a rapidly changing world. The 1950s saw a significant rise in car ownership, the expanding influence of television, and a growing culture of frequent excursions.
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Mesannie Wilkins (Annie) was 63 when her doctor told her she had 2 years to live. She'd just recovered from pneumonia when they found a spot on her lung. The doctor wasn't sure if it was cancer.
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The triumphant true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE PERFECT HORSE and THE EIGHTY-DOLLAR CHAMPION. In 1954, 63-year-old Maine farmer Annie Wilkins embarked on an impossible journey.
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ABOUT THE RIDE OF HER LIFE. The triumphant true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion In 1954, sixty-three-year-old Maine farmer Annie Wilkins embarked on an impossible journey.
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The incredible true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion.. Sixty-two-year-old Annie Wilkins and her elderly uncle Waldo did not have a color television—or.
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The triumphant true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion. In 1954, sixty-three-year-old Maine farmer Annie Wilkins embarked on an impossible journey.
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In 1954, 63-year-old Maine farmer Annie Wilkins embarked on an impossible journey. She had no money and no family, she had just lost her farm, and her doctor had given her only two years to live. But Annie wanted to see the Pacific Ocean before she died. She ignored her doctor's advice to move into the county charity home.
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Could there be a more improbable tale than a 63-year-old woman who, given a medical death sentence, chucks her dreary life in Maine and sets out with her dog on a 5,000-mile horseback ride across.
The Ride of Her Life Bestselling Author Elizabeth Letts shares the
The triumphant true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion. In 1954, sixty-three-year-old Maine farmer Annie Wilkins embarked on an impossible journey.
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Table of Contents. This is the incredible and true story of a woman (Annie Wilkins A.K.A. Mesannie Wilkins), a horse, and a little doggie who embarked on a remarkable 7000-mile journey. They experienced a lifetime of adventures along the way and lived to share their extraordinary tale. At the age of 63, Mesannie Wilkins, affectionately known as.
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In 1954, Annie Wilkins, a sixty-three-year-old farmer from Maine, embarked on an impossible journey. She had no relatives left, she'd lost her family farm to back taxes, and her doctor had just given her two years to live--but only if she lived restfully. He offered her a spot in the county's charity home.
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This is a book we can enjoy always but especially need now."—Elizabeth Berg, author of The Story of Arthur Truluv In 1954, sixty-three-year-old Maine farmer Annie Wilkins embarked on an impossible journey. She had no money and no family, she had just lost her farm, and her doctor had given her only two years to live.