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Introduction/Definition/etc
TRAns AmeriCAn
as it might now be called
like BikeCentenial
and CrazyGuyOnABike.com
and other tour journals
but this with a Horse
later a second as pack animal
and her dog
fleeing a failing FArm
and ill health i can relate
as seniors of similar age
rural upbringing and small town
survival
Body
Original Text
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A Book by ElizaBeth Letts
about Annie WIlKIns
riding a horse across from
MAIne to CalIfOrnia
not a direct route
and not all riden
but some help along the way,
but also a lot of out of line
wandering so a Fish ? hook
like shape?
South From MAIne beginning of WInter
to get WArmer
SPOILIng
some problems starting out
left a farm,
getting older and difficulty
taking care of self
lost mother's husband/
had a dog
neighbors, helpful, but limits
health problems
saw a doctor
charity hospital
or go see what she wanted
never seen the West CoAst
and CalIFornia DReAMIng?
HollyWood MoVies
PreDisney THEme Park
in the later 1950s
and took more than a year
think less than 10 miles per hour
multiple months
some stops along the way
rest for health
problems
accidents
incidents
and OTHer SPOiLIng ThIngs
best left to read YourSElves
one things she needed
was advised, by a gambler
she needed a pack horse
secondary
as the one a MORGan
a hearty MaIne bred horse
fit her but a lot of stuff
miles, etc
so distributed across two
HOrses and a dog
working as a TEAm
sensing things
OTHer dogs and their territorial
NAture(s),
etc...
No EveryOne was FriEndly
the times were McCarthyism
COld War and Communist SPies
among other things,
RoAds and the InterSTAte System
by EisenHOwer
so BLue HighWays as WIllIAm LEAst HEAt MoOn
book (LAter) describes
And this with a woman who didn't
finish HighSchool but some READIng
and later met a HelpFul woman
who she coWrote her own version from
garnering press along the way
and doing what some might call
REacHIng EsCApe VeloCIty
as MicroSHip.com bike adventurer
LAter wrote...
I related well to it
interest in AniMals how some
of us GRow up,
or at least older, bigger
with i guess a child like fascination
on some things...
Practical, as MAIners have to be
to survive in that environment
she was trying to save a family farm,
ancestors going proudly back to the founding
of MAIne and the USA, etc, iirc
TWo main(e) Families
and she had gotten away from hom
but came back after a bad marriage
or two, one leaving
and some travel,
but he was a criminal
and abandoned her,
one other trying to get title to the fmaily
farm, and eventually disappeared / left
when not given that, iirc
I was (im)pressed by
InSPection and some escapism
provided with travel,
news reports and how
interstates effecdting things
Route 66 and ByPAsses, problems
with traffic and older school modes
of transit
met a wandering bicyclist
along the way
doing more marketing
to get on TV of the TIme
hitting all (LOwer) 48 STates
with Capicals
and paths crossed
a media event for him
she wasn't phased much
and where she stayed, what
happened laong the way,
was it cruel to the animals?
the horse and dog checked,
later pack animal
and problems along thw ay,
finding a place to stay each night,
later some news reports helping
make her less of an oddity
and welcomed into houses
burgeoning suburbias and
migration from the farms and country
to urban eras,
developments
urban sprawl,
going to Philidelphia
and points south,
fleeing, like a Migratory Bird
towards FlORIda
SNOw Birds i think it's called
doing what she could,
she had a sort of code
and some mild planning
but getting going and
problems crossing bridges,
the HOrse balked
and had to be lead across the
first and nervous at many things
getting hit
which he/they were,
ironically WestChester County
and snow ice storm
narrow
BeFore RAIls to TRAils,
more AMish
MenNOnIte
plain living
mostly dressed more like a man
happened to have layers of warm
clothes, packed what she could,
a SKIllet
and how packing and essenitals
were determined,
with PractIce/ miles under theeee
belt/ straps, saddle/ blanket, etc
encountering lots of children,
LAw EnFORceMEnt mostly helpful
and using JAils BeFOre
Shelter systems,
Where to keep/ bed/feed/water
the HOree, dog, etc
while staying in someone's place
spare room, living room coutch
hoped for the barn with hte horse
and her dog,
but somehow that not working out
most of the time,
meeting ohter Horse People
HOrse/Hunt Club(s)
housing snd supporting
shoeing and Vet CAre
Some Towns/ cities friendlier
than others,
many convayences detours
and other adventures,
not all fun,
and getting through it,
an eBook, i guess not everyone
like the
subject
later
author reading levels,
and appropriateness we likely tkae
for granted in the modern times
even what woman could / couldn't do
becoming a symbol/ cowgirl/
called JackAss Annie locally
and became a town hero as well,
doing many things like
LindBerg and Amelia AirHeart sp?
much slower but not tRAil of TEars
inddians forced migration,
etc...
Could use computerization
like a route of Blue HighWays
cropped up
and CrazyGuyOnABike.com
on a Horse?
Horse trails and bike mix,
motorcycle and shared use trails,s
along river beds,
learning of WAsh and other
essential informations
out West, crossing he Continential
DivIde, Rocky MountaIns v
EAstern Appalachian mountains
formidable, but not the same scale
exponential?
and agriculure
effects on streams, water soures,
etc...
A recommended read, but
like a lot of things
Don'tTry This At HoMe
Kids, and impressionable
others even readingtrying to finish
a long 800 ish page book hundreds
of pages of Notes and BibiioGraphy
an InDex helps but computerized
alphabetical and differences with
eBook and PAge numbers?
Font Size
and some screen saving starting
part way through,
Libby and other types and sources
books found online after copy right
projectGuttenBerg
Printing Press InVentor
ando ther file types
for sourced materials,
many times older and banned,
loneliness along the way,
and while had given up on
men, adventures and a marriage
proposal, linked to her caring
for animals but elderly and also
thinking legacy of family
farm and livestock/ nature
met at a rodeo and cruelty there?
while animal centric
not entirely friendly
but exploitive, etc
While not religious encountered
organized religion some helpful
churches and others...
eyes going and itchy,
thinking RagWeed seasaon and now
light out and
HotSPot able to put this up
catching up on things,
but not getting a lot of other things
done, TV online and gTV
streaming,
Sailing videos catchup
a little, watch some of each
MagicCarPet Sailing
NorthWest Britich Columbia/
Canada under the US
Alaska and going down
a book going North
now going south
and photography
might eventually go and write
East and West, etc...
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A Book by ElizaBeth Letts
about Annie WIlKIns
riding a horse across from
MAIne to CalIfOrnia
not a direct route
and not all riden
but some help along the way,
but also a lot of out of line
wandering so a Fish ? hook
like shape?
South From MAIne beginning of WInter
to get WArmer
SPOILIng
some problems starting out
left a farm,
getting older and difficulty
taking care of self
lost mother's husband/
had a dog
neighbors, helpful, but limits
health problems
saw a doctor
charity hospital
or go see what she wanted
never seen the West CoAst
and CalIFornia DReAMIng?
HollyWood MoVies
PreDisney THEme Park
in the later 1950s
and took more than a year
think less than 10 miles per hour
multiple months
some stops along the way
rest for health
problems
accidents
incidents
and OTHer SPOiLIng ThIngs
best left to read YourSElves
one things she needed
was advised, by a gambler
she needed a pack horse
secondary
as the one a MORGan
a hearty MaIne bred horse
fit her but a lot of stuff
miles, etc
so distributed across two
HOrses and a dog
working as a TEAm
sensing things
OTHer dogs and their territorial
NAture(s),
etc...
No EveryOne was FriEndly
the times were McCarthyism
COld War and Communist SPies
among other things,
RoAds and the InterSTAte System
by EisenHOwer
so BLue HighWays as WIllIAm LEAst HEAt MoOn
book (LAter) describes
And this with a woman who didn't
finish HighSchool but some READIng
and later met a HelpFul woman
who she coWrote her own version from
garnering press along the way
and doing what some might call
REacHIng EsCApe VeloCIty
as MicroSHip.com bike adventurer
LAter wrote...
I related well to it
interest in AniMals how some
of us GRow up,
or at least older, bigger
with i guess a child like fascination
on some things...
Practical, as MAIners have to be
to survive in that environment
she was trying to save a family farm,
ancestors going proudly back to the founding
of MAIne and the USA, etc, iirc
TWo main(e) Families
and she had gotten away from hom
but came back after a bad marriage
or two, one leaving
and some travel,
but he was a criminal
and abandoned her,
one other trying to get title to the fmaily
farm, and eventually disappeared / left
when not given that, iirc
I was (im)pressed by
InSPection and some escapism
provided with travel,
news reports and how
interstates effecdting things
Route 66 and ByPAsses, problems
with traffic and older school modes
of transit
met a wandering bicyclist
along the way
doing more marketing
to get on TV of the TIme
hitting all (LOwer) 48 STates
with Capicals
and paths crossed
a media event for him
she wasn't phased much
and where she stayed, what
happened laong the way,
was it cruel to the animals?
the horse and dog checked,
later pack animal
and problems along thw ay,
finding a place to stay each night,
later some news reports helping
make her less of an oddity
and welcomed into houses
burgeoning suburbias and
migration from the farms and country
to urban eras,
developments
urban sprawl,
going to Philidelphia
and points south,
fleeing, like a Migratory Bird
towards FlORIda
SNOw Birds i think it's called
doing what she could,
she had a sort of code
and some mild planning
but getting going and
problems crossing bridges,
the HOrse balked
and had to be lead across the
first and nervous at many things
getting hit
which he/they were,
ironically WestChester County
and snow ice storm
narrow
BeFore RAIls to TRAils,
more AMish
MenNOnIte
plain living
mostly dressed more like a man
happened to have layers of warm
clothes, packed what she could,
a SKIllet
and how packing and essenitals
were determined,
with PractIce/ miles under theeee
belt/ straps, saddle/ blanket, etc
encountering lots of children,
LAw EnFORceMEnt mostly helpful
and using JAils BeFOre
Shelter systems,
Where to keep/ bed/feed/water
the HOree, dog, etc
while staying in someone's place
spare room, living room coutch
hoped for the barn with hte horse
and her dog,
but somehow that not working out
most of the time,
meeting ohter Horse People
HOrse/Hunt Club(s)
housing snd supporting
shoeing and Vet CAre
Some Towns/ cities friendlier
than others,
many convayences detours
and other adventures,
not all fun,
and getting through it,
an eBook, i guess not everyone
like the
subject
later
author reading levels,
and appropriateness we likely tkae
for granted in the modern times
even what woman could / couldn't do
becoming a symbol/ cowgirl/
called JackAss Annie locally
and became a town hero as well,
doing many things like
LindBerg and Amelia AirHeart sp?
much slower but not tRAil of TEars
inddians forced migration,
etc...
Could use computerization
like a route of Blue HighWays
cropped up
and CrazyGuyOnABike.com
on a Horse?
Horse trails and bike mix,
motorcycle and shared use trails,s
along river beds,
learning of WAsh and other
essential informations
out West, crossing he Continential
DivIde, Rocky MountaIns v
EAstern Appalachian mountains
formidable, but not the same scale
exponential?
and agriculure
effects on streams, water soures,
etc...
A recommended read, but
like a lot of things
Don'tTry This At HoMe
Kids, and impressionable
others even readingtrying to finish
a long 800 ish page book hundreds
of pages of Notes and BibiioGraphy
an InDex helps but computerized
alphabetical and differences with
eBook and PAge numbers?
Font Size
and some screen saving starting
part way through,
Libby and other types and sources
books found online after copy right
projectGuttenBerg
Printing Press InVentor
ando ther file types
for sourced materials,
many times older and banned,
loneliness along the way,
and while had given up on
men, adventures and a marriage
proposal, linked to her caring
for animals but elderly and also
thinking legacy of family
farm and livestock/ nature
met at a rodeo and cruelty there?
while animal centric
not entirely friendly
but exploitive, etc
While not religious encountered
organized religion some helpful
churches and others...
eyes going and itchy,
thinking RagWeed seasaon and now
light out and
HotSPot able to put this up
catching up on things,
but not getting a lot of other things
done, TV online and gTV
streaming,
Sailing videos catchup
a little, watch some of each
MagicCarPet Sailing
NorthWest Britich Columbia/
Canada under the US
Alaska and going down
a book going North
now going south
and photography
might eventually go and write
East and West, etc...
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What's Missing?
some SPOlIng
but more than would be good
encouraging others to read
it themselves
etc...
Connections to her autobiography
with a helpful writer
journalist and friend
What Can Be Found?
bibliography
research(er)
etc
Modern back to the land
and survival stuff...
not a prepper,
but adventurer
an early Joan of arc?
idk
What Can Not Be Found?
complete summary of the book
as not intended as such,
review neither,
just a heads up
and a few of my impressions
to note the passage of pages
and miles/ time...
How To Analyze?
Lenses
Noob
Kids
Don't try this at home/
alone/ dangerous
kidss...
Family
We want our own room(s)
SchoolAKAHell
Seems a lot like running away
and this not even a huck finn
Mark TWaIn like story?
Remember Lincoln's 10 miles walks to school?
in the snow?
Dis/Diss/Dys/Hiss
We want horses,
unicorns and other creatures
dinosaurs/
etc...
Supports
While horses are a common
Service Animal in rural areas
some issues mentioned in more
suburban and city/ urban environments...
GenPopAKAPubLic(k)
Why does everyone and thier pet
get in our way on the road(s)?
Assumptions
modes of transit
seems to be like lawn mower riding
seniors becoming a trend?
Time Limits
miles / per day
time of year
seasons
location
terrain
planning days
general direction(s)
and supports
needs
health time left?
Book Data
novapeers_2026_08_20.1.zip
for my own offline as well...
ISBN
Bound
eBook
CopyRight
800ish? Pages
like 88 Pound Gorilla
really 800
video productions of comedy
female and Adult to be specific
index Yep
Links
THeRIdeOfHerLIfeByELetts2026
THeRideOfHerLIfeByELetts2026.HPCB.Linux.emacs-gtk.txt
early bikers
first sponsored travelling woman
around the world etc
likely put up here
but the name?
include a Z?
FreedomRiders2014
Sturgis2013
SpringBreak2013
AVeteransSonLaughsAndSpitsAtMe2011
TrackDays2012
Exercise(s) left to the reader(s)
http://DancesWithCars.CGOAB.com
DCtoRichmondBikeTour
FusionImprobableattheKennedyCenter
CarrieFishersWishfulDrinkingAtLincoln
OrangeDriedBeefMirage
BachelorsRicePuddingVeganOption
OdetoaFarmersMarket
SomePublishedWorks
Conclusion
Summary of experience or similar
Escapism but i could relate
and likely needed it at that point
and crunch mode still
so not belaboring a long trip
months/ year(s)
it seems
and little time left...
Discussion
A place for feedback on the page presented
What do you think?
any interesting/ fun things along the way?
You'be Read it?
took you how long?
compared to her journey?
and mosed/ rates/ etc?
Dangers?
amusements?
etc?
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