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Summary: A remarkable autobiography by a pioneer lady
Review: Daisy Belle Catherine was my grandmother. She came west on a covered wagon, as part of a wagon train of 48 wagons which started in St. Joseph, Missouri. Her family and friends joined it in May Day, Kansas, near the Nebraska border.But, there's more to the story than the wagon train trip and their brushes with Indians and horsethieves, and the winter in Eastern Oregon, and the vivid description of the Oregon Trail. As they say in advertising, there's much, much more! There is the story of her childhood in Tumwater, Washington, in the latter part of the 19th century, and her marriage in 1888 (when she was only 16-years-old.) Then, there is the story of how she and her husband, Dave Pier, lived and loved and fought for survival in the early 20th century, and how she gave birth to eight children, and raised them and educated them in a time when there was no aid-to-dependent children, or unemployment compensation--or income tax. This is a good story, because it is hard and true and real, and was written by a woman who saw the world transformed from the time when black powder weapons were the state of the art, to the atom bomb and astronauts in space. Daisy Belle was a great little gal. I knew her very well. She died in 1965, in Molalla, Oregon, near where I lived, when I had five children of my own. You will enjoy this book, I promise you.
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