The Covered Wagon Trail From Oklahoma City, OK to Hollywood, CA , a new book by Jonell Portillo

The Covered Wagon Trail From Oklahoma City, OK to Hollywood, CA is about Nellie Mae Strickland. She couldn't drive a car, so she hooked up six horses to the covered wagon that Frank McCallough built for her in 1944.

In 1943 Henry Strickland, known as Hank, had a nervous breakdown. Dr. B. H. Moore told Nellie Mae that Hank needed to be in a mental hospital.

Nellie Mae refused to put her husband there, so she decided that Hank needed to be out in the open air. On April 25, 1944, Nellie Mae packed up the things she cared about the most into the covered wagon. She loaded her family up and headed west to Hollywood, California, on April 25, 1944.

On her journey to the West Coast, she encountered people trying to take her covered wagon and horses, but she kept on going.

So take this incredible journey with her and you'll be glad you did. You'll be cheering her on and on through each town she discovers.

Sit back and relax. Grab an ice-cold drink, and read about the incredible journey that the Stricklands endeavored on this 1700-mile trip across five states and ten towns, which took them 109 days in the covered wagon in 1944.

The Covered Wagon Trail From Oklahoma City, OK to Hollywood, CA is a 234-page paperback with a retail price of $24.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4349-8573-6. It was published by RoseDog Books of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information or to request a review copy, please visit our virtual pressroom at www.rosedog.com/pressroom or our online bookstore at www.rosedogbookstore.com.