Project Gutenberg 2020-09-15 Public domain in the USA. 177 Preston, Laura 1846 Heaven, Louise Palmer Heaven, Mrs. S. M. Norman, Lucia A Boy's Trip Across the Plains Nick Wall, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "A Boy's Trip Across the Plains" by Laura Preston is a historical account likely written in the mid-19th century. The narrative follows a young boy named Guy Loring, who, along with his mother, struggles with poverty after the death of his father. Facing the harsh realities of life, they embark on a journey across the plains, fueled by hope for better circumstances and health. At the start of the story, we meet Guy and his mother, Mrs. Loring, as they grapple with their dwindling resources and her declining health during a harsh winter in Missouri. After overhearing a conversation about a family traveling to California, Guy hatches a plan to persuade a kind woman named Mrs. Harwood to take his mother on the trip as a nurse to help benefit her health. Spurred by love and determination, Guy's initiative sets the stage for their journey across the plains, where they face numerous challenges and hopeful prospects. The opening portrays themes of hardship, resilience, and familial love, creating a rich landscape for Guy's adventures ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Animals -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Adventure stories Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction Natural history -- Juvenile fiction Wilderness survival -- Juvenile fiction Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile fiction Mothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction Outdoor life -- Juvenile fiction Wagon trains -- Juvenile fiction West (U.S.) -- Description and travel -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: American Literature 226740 2025-07-25T06:53:07.092307 text/html 207560 2024-10-18T06:02:59 text/html 414851 2025-07-25T06:53:11.023296 application/epub+zip 414868 2025-07-25T06:53:07.810329 application/epub+zip 137304 2025-07-25T06:53:07.430325 application/epub+zip 497942 2025-07-25T06:53:13.549276 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 469093 2025-07-25T06:53:10.608297 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 192403 2022-09-28T13:42:28.637840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 199250 2025-07-25T06:53:06.654328 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 179428 2024-10-18T06:02:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19319 2025-07-25T06:53:13.688273 application/rdf+xml 19919 2025-07-25T06:53:07.533311 image/jpeg 2551 2025-07-25T06:53:07.479313 image/jpeg 375311 2025-07-25T06:53:07.119315 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog