Search - Bold Spirit : Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America

An amazing true story. As if the story itself wasn't enough (and it is), the author really did her research into the cultural and social history fo the U.S. and the Norweigian immigrant community Helga is a part of. This understanding of time and place makes you appreciate Helga's struggle even more. It's also a story of family secrets (the story of her journey was kept from the grandchildren and forbidden to be spoken of among the family, as well as the drawings and journals burned in an attempt to remove all trace of this story), and a story on the judgements we place on other people.

I sat next to the author on a plane and was fascinated enough to go home and promptly order the book. I was not disappointed. Helga Estby should be mentioned in more history books for her inspired effort to save her family.

True story about a woman and her daughter who walked across america in 1876.Story is written from newspaper articles and accounts. A peek into what it was like being a more liberated woman in that time. Excellent book

The beginning was a little slow, but at the end it paid off.
I would have liked to know her. She was stubborn and independent, but I really think she did do it for her family.