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These treasures were kept, and later handed down to the author, by her grandmother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA perfect companion read to any academic study of Emerson, Tim and Kate's pioneering odyssey takes his \u003cstrong\u003eTranscendentalist\u003c\/strong\u003e vision of self-reliance, and puts real muscle into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCall it \u003cstrong\u003e\"Idealism meets Reality.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e Unfortunately, the outcome of this particular wilderness experiment more closely resembles \u003cstrong\u003e\"seeing the elephant\"\u003c\/strong\u003e of many of the mid-19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century covered wagon migrations west, than the well-deserved victory imagined by those hundreds of thousands of daring pioneers who left their homes in search of something greater.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncorporating several mini-episodes, each one readable in a single sitting, the author describes battles with the uncompromising weather, the rarely navigable mud road, and the unfathomable neighbors living at the end of that road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo some, her style might call to mind the writings of James Herriot for its earthiness and situational humor. 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