Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments 000 Introduction 000 "Reccolections of past days" England, 1827-December 1855 000 On the John J. Boyd, December 1855-February 1856 000 America, February-July 1856 000 Starting Westward, July 3-July 28, 1856 000 On the Plains, July 28-November 30, 1856 000 In the Valley, November 30, 1856-December 1858 000 Camp Floyd, December 1858-July 27, 1861 000 On the Trail to Washington, July 27, 1861-November 1861 000 Washington, November 1861-April 1866 000 Back to Utah, April 1866-July 21, 1866 000 Back in the Valley, July 21, 1866-1872 000 Afterword 000 Appendices Appendix 1 James and Amy Britnell Loader Genealogy Chart 000 Appendix 2 John and Patience Loader Rozsa Genealogy Chart 000 Appendix 3 Transcript of Article from The Latter-day Saints Millennial Star, December 22, 1855 (Article by Franklin D. Richards on Handcart Emigration) 000 Appendix 4 Transcript of Article from The Mormon, December 1, 1855 (Article by John Taylor on Handcart Emigration) 000 Appendix 5 Transcript of Article from The Millennial Star, June 14, 1855 (Letters between Patience Loader and John Jaques) 000 Appendix 6 Letter from Marshall Loader to Amy Britnell Loader, August 6, 1857 000 Appendix 7 Letter from Patience Loader Rozsa Archer to Tamar Loader Ricks, November 17, 1914 000 Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000

About the Author

Sandra Petree teaches literature as a member of the English faculty at Northwestern Oklahoma State University and was originally drawn to this autobiography as a literary text. While her historical annotation is thorough, she also considers the memoir as the self-inscription of an ordinary woman who did extraordinary things and then, as best she could, gave them a vivid expressive form. Petree = s edition of Loader fits well the literary as well as historical aims of series editor Maureen Ursenbach Beecher.