---
title: 'Westward: A Tale of American Emigrant Life'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Julia McNair Wright'
date: 1870-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Family, Marriage, and Roles of Men and Women'
- 'Children and Youth'
- 'Fiction'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 22'
- 'Proverbs 23'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wright-1870-westward-a-tale-of-american-emigrant-life
---

# Westward: A Tale of American Emigrant Life

A domestic tale of Ralph and Hannah Mackey planning to emigrate West. It highlights thrift, family piety, ingenuity (a boat-house plan), and their hope to raise and teach Christian children.

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