Adventure - Nonfiction

 

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1. The ride of her life: the true story of a woman, her horse, and their last-chance journey across America

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Letts, Elizabeth
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Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
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Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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Green Road Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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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.' ... Instead, she decided she wanted to see the Pacific Ocean just once before she died. She bought a cast-off brown gelding named Tarzan, donned men's dungarees, loaded up her horse, and headed...