Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past

This one was a slow starter. The first chapters were filled with lots of history that was written in the manner of a diary, recording process and items learned. Wilson has spent years researching the stories she shares here - a process at once cathartic and nostalgic. The scene that will live on in my memory is the recreation of the March of 1862, and the meaning imbued by each step of the trek. This is an important story. Part of American history that needs to be told to our children, just like the Japanese internment camps and the slaughter of so many native peoples as America was settled by European immigrants. We must learn.