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"Phoebe Goodell Judson, the author of this book, is an Oregon Trail pioneer. Though all the events described happen to both her and her husband, it is told from the woman's perspective. She tells the story of their arduous journey across the Oregon Trail and all the hardships they faced. The rest of the story tells about their settlement in the Pacific Northwest, specifically in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State. She describes her personal sympathetic relationship with the local Indians. She talks about raising her children in the wilderness and how she ends up adopting various orphans. She tells about how she and her husband basically found a town, where he becomes the first postmaster and later the mayor. The story is told from her marriage at 17 to 93, one year before she died. It is an interesting story of the pioneer spirit and how people of that era are much tougher than we are today."
BethG, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Outdoors story
Yes
Exploring:
- colonizing new territory
Period of greatest activity?
- 1800's
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker
Age:
- long lived adults
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Century:
- 19th century
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- encouraged
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- race
- wicked white people
- religion
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 76%-100% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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