There have been so many requests for a Dear America episode — at last, we deliver! On Episode 96, Alli and her guest discuss the fifth installment, Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847. Tune in to hear them chat about Alli’s elementary school obsession with all things Oregon Trail, the joys and embarrassments of keeping a diary, and how their reading tastes have developed since childhood. They also talk about the book’s depiction of race relations, share their newfound appreciation for the rigor of the Oregon Trail journey, and determine — without a doubt — how not cut out for it they would be.

The guest on Episode 96 is Jimalion Perry, who works in Emergency Management by day and reads voraciously by night! Follow her on Instagram (@itsabookishworld_) and Twitter (@ItsaBookishWorld) and check out her book blog!

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