The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (Arbor House Library of Contemporary Americana): A Novel

Name: The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (Arbor House Library of Contemporary Americana): A Novel
Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)

Robert Lewis Taylor

Dec 2010 · Sold by Main Street Books

3.5

2 reviews

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548

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About this ebook

With more than one million copies in print since its first publication in 1959, this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic details the journey of 13-year-old Jaimie and his father from Kentucky to gold-rush California in 1849.

Ratings and reviews

3.5

2 reviews

Ciaran McLarnon

March 27, 2020

I enjoyed the story, although I found the attitudes towards race off-putting. The author may have included this as social commentary or for some other reason but I didn't enjoy reading it.

About the author

Robert Lewis Taylor was a writer for The New Yorker for over twenty years. His novel, The Travels of Jamie McPheeters, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1959. His other works include the biography W.C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes and the novel Adrift in a Boneyard, among others.

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