In March we are reading "The Ride of Her L ife" by Elizabeth Letts\, the \;incredible true story \;of \;a woman who rode \;her \;horse across America in \;the \;19 50s\, fulfilling \;her \;dying wish to see \;the \;Pacific Ocean.
\nIn 1954\, Annie Wilkins\, a sixty-three-year-old farmer fr om 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." He offered \;her \;a spot in \;the \;co unty's charity home. Instead\, she decided she wanted to see \;the&nbs p\;Pacific Ocean just once before she died. She bought a cast-off brown ge lding named Tarzan\, donned men's dungarees\, loaded up \;her \;ho rse\, and headed out from Maine in mid-November\, hoping to beat \;the \;snow. She had no map\, no GPS\, no phone. But she had \;her&nbs p\;ex-racehorse\, \;her \;faithful mutt\, and \;her \;own unfailing belief that Americans would treat a stranger with kindness. At a time when small towns were being bypassed by Eisenhower's brand-new inter state highway system\, and \;the \;reach and impact \;of \ ;television was just beginning to be understood\, Annie and \;her \;four-footed companions inspired an outpouring \;of \;neighborlin ess in a rapidly changing world. \;
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