The Diary of Theresa Angelino Viscardi part 1: West to a Land of Trains

The Ribbon Book Club

Dear Diary,

New story time! Today we are starting our recap of West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Theresa Angelino Viscardi. This story takes place in 1883 and follows Theresa and her family as they travel west to the Idaho Territory. The book was written by Jim Murphey (his first Dear America book) and published in 1998.

The first half of this book mostly takes place on a train, but to avoid our recap being too "railroaded" (SEE WHAT WE DID THERE), we go on lots of tangents talking about the side characters in Theresa's life. There are the friends she left back home, her nosy sister, Netta, and a handsome young man who likes to wave at Theresa from his train car (SWOON!). Full steam ahead!

Yours truly,

Cate and Jen

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Edited by Danny Heck

Theme music by Ericka Page @theerickapage

Cover art by Chelsea Tanis @TheTrumpetClub

Research help by Callie Cherry @_likethefruit