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The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

Robert Lewis Taylor

Paperback | Pages: 544 pages

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Original Title:	The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
ISBN:	0385422229 (ISBN13: 9780385422222)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1959)

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Dr. Sardius McPheeters, is a dreamer always chasing the elusive beautiful rainbow, but never quite fully grasping it in his hands, the gambler and imbiber of strong drinks, is a capable physician in Louisville, Kentucky, his family suffers though, but his creditors want their money...The time, during California's gold rush, the '49ers from all over the world are descending to the new territory, acquired by the recent war with Mexico, saying goodbye to practical wife Melissa, who very reluctantly gives permission, still the cholera epidemic here, encourages her to let him go, daughters Hannah, Mary stay and taking along their thirteen year old son Jaimie. The doctor is not only escaping unpaid bills, but a job he hates, tending to the sick, promising his wife , that he will soon come back a rich man, Melissa, is skeptical (they gather a small amount of money for the trip), she knows him too well... The not short journey from the city to the Mississippi River, is uneventful, there the two take a paddle wheel boat to St.Louis, but the too curious Jaimie, never reaches it, falling overboard into the muddy, cold waters, his father searches on both sides of the wide river but no trace is found, presumed dead , he writes to his wife about the sad tragedy. But the quest must go on, his wanderlust is too strong, the good doctor has his fantasies , they overpower his sense of duty, and common sense . Jaimie, survives the drop, swims in the dark, to an island on the mighty stream and at daybreak, finds a log and floats down with the current and after many miles, to the western shore, he grasped firmly, gets entangled with lazy farmers, they need a slave, leaves secretly at night, and is picked up by vicious outlaws, becomes a captive along with another, an older, teenage girl, Jennie, witnesses murders, but both escape, he again...Reaching the bustling little town of Independence, Missouri, population 1,000 , gateway to the West, the "good doctor," joyfully encounters his lost son, and regrettably the two bandits who abused Jaimie, they quickly skedaddle. Hitching up to a wagon train led by the trail boss, Buck Coulter, a sarcastic but very competent man, with no friends, but plenty of courage, the 2,000 mile journey begins, over the endless, featureless plains, these grasslands go on forever, with little rainfall, crossing shallow rivers and some not so, seeing Indians, who mostly keep out of sight, they hunt mainly for discarded items the people on the wagons throw out, to lighten the burden on the tired oxen and mules, the poor Pawnee, squeezed by more powerful tribes, from the north and south, have become scavengers, with few horses to chase the buffalo herds. And still yet the very young Jaimie, has to become the adult, to his intelligent, well educated, but perpetually irresponsible father , his reality is not the boy's or anybody else's. Deserts, lack of water and food, high snow capped mountain ranges, to climb, suspicious Mormons, unfriendly Indians, outlaws, illnesses and deaths, disastrous factions developing among the people, but the wagons must roll on, continue forward, month after month in the search for happiness, the promised land. This always interesting book , won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for 1958, well deserved.

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Title	:	The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Author	:	Robert Lewis Taylor
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 544 pages
Published	:	December 1st 1992 by Main Street Books (first published 1958)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction

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I read this book as part of my Pulitzer Project. It is the story of a father and son traveling west during the Gold Rush.Well written page turner in the vein of Lonesome Dove or The Way West. At turns humorous and folksy, even juvenile, and then violent and disturbing. Not my favorite genre, but hard to put down just the same.I was quite impressed by the extensive bibliography. This book was very throughly researched and much of it is based on testimonials. That aspect, I think, makes it

Within a few pages of starting The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters I thought I was in for a treat. It immediately reminded me of a more humorous version of Lonesome Dove, which also won the Pulitzer and was also on a topic I didnt think I cared about.The story was that of a father and son who left their comfortable lives in Louisville to strike it rich in the gold rush of 1849. I think we all know how the gold rush worked out for most folks, and the folks in this book were no exception. They did

THE TRAVELS OF JAMIE MAC PHEETERS - this book has been compared to "Lonesome Dove". That being said, I could only give 3 stars as my rating. While the story was interesting, it rambled and stumbled at times to where I had to put it down. It is about a very ambitious doctor who has wild dreams or fantasies about setting out to California with his son Jamie, to cash in on the Gold Rush". The book takes us on wild adventures with Jamie and his Dad which are Interesting but never quite held my

When I was a kid, there was a television show with a very cute Kurt Russell playing a kid who traveled around all over the west. It was a Western, but not a traditional one. The title of the show was The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters. Little did I know the idea for the show came from a novel, and a Pulitzer winner at that!Jaimie goes with his father, Dr. Sardius McPheeters, heading west lured by the dreams of striking it rich in the gold fields of California. Leaving Louisville, Kentucky suddenly

Imagine Twain sending Huck Finn to California via Wagon Train. What fun! But also exciting, poignant and heartbreaking at the same time. This is the story of Jaimie McPheeters and his father Sardius (a doctor), who is a bit of a gambler and prone to drink. Sardius has run afoul of his creditors and decides it's best to strike out with Jaimie to the California Gold fields to make their fortune and the adventure is on. The story is told both in the first person view of Jaimie and by Sardius via

It took me awhile to get into this one, but I slowly came to love all the characters involved in this big old-time road trip. Young Jaimie gets roped into setting out for the California gold mines with his dad, Dr. Sardius McPheeters, from Louisville, Kentucky. Hilarity ensues, along with murder and mayhem. His father is a hopeless, hapless dreamer, naive and too trusting of others, which gets them into trouble time and time again, much to Jaimie's frustration. But he also befriends some truly

It was really interesting to read about this time period from the perspective of historical fiction. It had a lot of humour and also a lot of hard facts. That was a hard time to live. Scary things happened with those indians! I think that the author did a great job giving the feel of both good and bad that happened. I found myself missing those characters after I was done reading and wanting to go through more stories with them.