This is a well known account both in National Geographic and having been made a movie by the same name. It beautifully describes one womans experience sorting through indigenous customs and skills that had to be accuaried following her decision to make the trip. All she had was her stalwart decision to make the trip and a willingness to adapt to the needs of the quest. I simply loved her account.

The bestselling author of the classic Catholic novel The Shoes of the Fisherman and Vanishing Point examines his lifetime of belief, struggle, and faith. At age 80, West offers his reader a lyrical, intimate, and profoundly affirming account of his pilgrimage as a 20th century Catholic.

An ambitious attempt to tackle the formative story of white castoffs and how they populated the early American colonies due to the many British (and European) forces that propelled them, literally running for their lives. They became the labor force and agriculturer's of a growing new experiment. With them they brought industry and lethargy, both of which shaped the response of their elite landgrave owner/employer lords.

Coming from a family that finds its roots in the Carolinas I read her treatment of these early colonies with great interest.