RavePortland Press HeraldMcCullough keeps the reader engaged ... He makes me live what it was like to leave the New England coast and one\'s family members to pursue young hopes and dreams ... In these trying times, this book gives me appreciation, hope, and a willingness to go the extra mile. It is exciting to read about young people who had the desire to live in a wild wilderness and help one another as they made for themselves a new homestead. As American citizens, we are on this journey of life together, and we all need inspiration to continue it. This book is inspiration enough.