{"product_id":"9781635053661","title":"Their Troubled Trails","description":"\u003cp\u003eInspired by true events of 1845—gleaned from diaries and histories of that day—two Bonney families head west, followed by cousin, Wales Bonney, who lands in more trouble than he’d bargained for and comes close to being hung.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Bonney trudges alongside her family’s ox-drawn covered wagon, trying to keep track of her youngsters. Pregnant again with her eighth, she had been unable to talk her itchy-footed husband into giving up this foolishness—this long-held dream of his of claiming land in far off Oregon Territory. Having her brother-in-law and his family along comforted her some, although it did nothing to alleviated her fear of Indians. Jane was three when her birth family was attack by Indians near Buffalo, New York at the start of the War of 1812. The terror that day took the lives of her family, leaving Jane orphaned with a section of her scalp missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind them, with another wagon company, follows Wales Bonney, her husband’s cousin. Wales wrote that he would be leaving his wife and children in Ohio until he saw what Oregon had to offer. Jane never had cared for Wales Bonney, although she and his wife, Lucinda, were longtime friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bonneys that year were among the first to take their families west, unaware of the hazards that awaited, of the little-known trails, deceptive shortcuts, nearly impassable mountain ranges, and curious natives who sullenly watched. The Bonneys had never before heard of the fast-talking old trapper turned trail guide they were to encounter. It was also a time when Jane began to come to grips with her dread and fear of Indians as she tried to help several they came upon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTheir Troubled Trails\u003c\/em\u003e follows the Bonney families west as they met and interacted with some well-known historical figures of their day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mill City Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031968366832,"sku":"9781635053661","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781635053661_p0.jpg?v=1763682236","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781635053661","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}