Accompanied by her children and grandchildren, Tabitha Brown made the long, grueling trip over the Oregon Trail in 1848 when she was in sixty-seventh year, full of spirit, and only slightly hampered by a lame leg. Mrs. Brown's grandson, Albie, and her granddaughter, Theresa, provide us with their own point of view on this great trip—and it is a point o view both humorous and sad, as they try to protect their grandmother from hardships she is better able to endure than they are.Tabitha Brown was an exciting, unpredictable, warmhearted, stubborn, and totally charming woman—a heroine for any age.(from the book's introduction)