Beth's Journey

About the Book

Beth’s Journey is a tale of courage and strength of the human spirit. In a writing style that is clean, simple, and beautifully authentic, author Peggy Williamson’s narrator is Beth herself. Beth is a teen age girl who lives on the family homestead in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She and her brother were orphaned when she was sixteen, and they join a wagon train headed to Oregon. Beth and Newitt were taught well by their parents, and are up to the challenges of the rugged trail westward. Williamson provides the readers with vividly depicted details of the rigors and dangers faced by pioneers who traversed the Oregon Trail. Heat, storms, mountains, rivers, exhaustion, and illness plague them, but it is the brutal Indian attack that ultimately tests Beth to the limits of her endurance. Beth’s Journey is a tribute to our heritage, and a researched, but fictional view of our American experience during the period of time.

About the Author

Peggy Williamson was born in Mississippi. She is a retired school principal, guidance counselor and teacher. She has an AAA in Administration, Guidance Counseling and Teaching. She spent 30 years in the field of education. This is her fourth book. She also wrote a sequel to this book entitled "An Ominous Journey" and "An Angel With Me” plus a children's book entitled "Who Was Here First?" Peggy Williamson has a love of children and education. She loves painting and writing. The book is written for young adults but can be enjoyed by older people as well.