Runaway Voyage

by Betty Cavanna

A fictional account of the mid-19th-century voyage, led by Asa Mercer, of several hundred young women going from the east coast to help populate Seattle. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688221521
• ISBN13: 9780688221522
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Arduous escape to a fresh start

An excellent depiction of early Seattle history: the voyage of "Asa Mercer's girls." Recommended to supplement NW history classes. Offers a different perspective from the many Oregon Trail novels. Makes me wish I could be there at the beginning to build a new city.

I remember loving it.

I read this book in 9th grade and remember loving it. I hope I can find a copy of it. It's left quite an image in my mind (which only really good books can do).