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Bold Spirit
Written by Linda Lawrence Hunt
Narrated by Pat Stien
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Desperate. Determined. Unwaveringly confident. In 1896, a Norwegian immigrant named Helga Estby dares to cross 3500 miles of the American continent to win a $10,000 wager. On foot.
A mother of eight living children, she attempts to save her family's homestead in Eastern Washington after the 1893 depression had ravaged the American economy. Fearing homelessness and family poverty, Helga responds to a wager from a mysterious sponsor, casts off the cultural corsets of Victorian femininity, and gambles her family's future by striking out with her eldest daughter to try to be the first women to travel unescorted across the country: independent, audacious, alert, and armed with a Smith-and-Wesson revolver.
A mother of eight living children, she attempts to save her family's homestead in Eastern Washington after the 1893 depression had ravaged the American economy. Fearing homelessness and family poverty, Helga responds to a wager from a mysterious sponsor, casts off the cultural corsets of Victorian femininity, and gambles her family's future by striking out with her eldest daughter to try to be the first women to travel unescorted across the country: independent, audacious, alert, and armed with a Smith-and-Wesson revolver.
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Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I could not get through first chapter...the voiceover they used was difficult to listen to....poorly produced and garbled words. Voice just slogged on like a muddy path....no better when sped up to 1.2x. Why isn't this in a book/readable version?
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The story was good, but the writing lacked cohesiveness, was somewhat repetitive, and went on too long.