Wyoming
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The third novel of Wagons West by Dana Fuller Ross is Wyoming. I have been listening to this series while driving for the last few weeks. It is an enjoyable light reading type series. I would categorize them as fluff books more than historical novels because the author takes a lot of liberties. But they are fun books as long as not taken seriously. Through out most of this book the wagon train is wintering over in a valley of the Rocky Mountains. The pioneers not only have a doctor in their midst but he is a very progressive one. There were some scientists that had ideas that there might be germs at the time this wagon train was traveling but Joseph Lister was only a child and he is the one that came up with the principles of cleanliness we are now familiar with in medicine. But this wagon train doc cleans everything with antiseptic. As long as one does not worry about the parts of the book that do not match with how things were then the story line is one to be enjoyed. I will listen to one more book in the series before I move on to something else as they will get to Oregon in the next book. Please click on the links above to follow the links to more information and enjoy the following video of some Wyoming Wagon Train Ruts that I saw on my vacation earlier in the summer.
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