New Releases by Laura Jones

A screenplay of THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY, published to tie-in with the film version. Introduction by Jane Campion.

This book is three stories combined to tell the last one. The first is a diary of Nathaniel Myer, which begins March 21, 1853, that takes the Myer family on their five & one half months of covered wagon adventure, ending in Oregon. The second is a diary covering the authors'' three week RV caravan trek along the Oregon Trail. The third is a story based upon Nathaniel Myer''s diary. Nathaniel was age 68, his wife, Mary, 61; their offspring ranging from age 38 to 4 months. Included were seven hired hands, five teams of oxen, two horse teams, & eighty head of cattle. Our reason for joining the caravan, at Independence, Missouri, was to experience the Oregon Trail as closely as practical. We wanted to relate to the experiences of thousands of emigrants who traveled two thousand miles over the trails to Oregon, now well marked with posts & monuments. Most of the time we were on back roads, with many unpaved & dusty! Many reference books, diaries, & maps are available. The book ends with a fascinating story of the life of a pioneer family on their wagon train journey to Oregon.

Laura Jones chronicles the unique journey of a man guided by the spirits of his ancestors, seized suddenly by a vision of theater. Pursuing it unwaveringly over unending obstacles and dangers, he somehow emerged to say the unsayable on the world stage.

Alone with only her difficult father, Hester, finds life lonely. From the day she brings home Katherine to the isolated farm where they live, the blinding monotomy of life ceases. The two forge an odd, co-dependent relationship plagued by questionable sanity, dark secrets and tragedy.