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100 1 _aConant, Roger William,
_d1895-
245 1 0 _aHiking Westward :
_bBeing the Story of Two Boys Whose Ambition Led Them to Face Privations and Hardships in Their Quest of a Home in the Great West
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2019
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"Originally this story appeared under the title of 'The young homesteaders', by J.W. Lincoln"--Foreword.
500 _aRelease date is 2019-01-03
508 _aProduced by Roger Frank and Sue Clark from page images digitized by the Google Books Library Project (https://books.google.com) and generously made available by HathiTrust Digital Library (https://www.hathitrust.org/)
520 _a"Hiking Westward" by Roger William Conant is a children's adventure novel written in the early 20th century. This story chronicles the experiences of two boys, Phil and Ted Porter, who embark on a journey to the American West in search of a homestead to provide for their family, particularly to support their ailing mother. The narrative captures their brave confrontations with the challenges of frontier life, emphasizing themes of responsibility and perseverance. The opening portion of the book establishes a family dynamic where the Porter children discuss how they could support their mother, leading to Phil and Ted's ambitious plan to settle in the West. Shocked by the severity of their mother's health and the family's financial situation, they quickly dismiss their playful dreams of baseball and aviation and resolve to take up a homestead. Engaging in light-hearted banter with their sisters, they outline their intentions to their mother, displaying both determination and naivety regarding the realities of frontier living. Their transition from frivolous youth to responsible caretakers forms a central pillar of the story, setting the stage for the challenges they will encounter while pursuing their goal. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFrontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aMothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aWest (U.S.) -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aFamilies -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aSelf-reliance -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aPioneer children -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
700 1 _aMerrill, Frank T.,
_d1848-1923
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58601
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