Porter’s By Ox Team to California is a moving piece of social history which documents the struggles and hopes of ordinary Americans in the mid-nineteenth century.

By Ox Team to California is a firsthand account of a pioneer woman's journey across the West in 1860. The author brings thrilling and exciting stories from a 2000 miles journey from Hannibal, Missouri,...

In 'By Ox Team to California' by Lavinia Honeyman Porter, readers are taken on a captivating journey through the eyes of a young girl named Louise travelling across the country to California during the...

In 'By Ox Team to California' by Lavinia Honeyman Porter, the reader is taken on a journey across the American frontier in the mid-19th century. The book is written in a vivid and engaging literary style,...