Author Description

AMERICA BOUND, The Journey West, is the story of eighteen year old Bjorn Hanson who is considered an adult in the Nordic European mountains and seeks his fortune in the New World in 1790. His adventures of working his way on a raft, a three-masted schooner, and as a scout on an oxcart and wagon train place him in unfamiliar and exciting situations as he pursues his dream of seeking his fortune along the Red River of the North in the Northwest Territories labeled the Land of Milk and Honey.