Heat lightning streaks across the dark Vermont sky. __________ Inspired by the Barker family\'s 1817 Journey west..
Steep mountains, a pirate den at Cave-in-Rock, and dangers on the mighty Mississippi await them.
Fearing the weather has permanently turned cold, the Barkers join others heading West with hopes for a new beginning on the frontier.
Tambora.
Welcome to 1816, the Year Without Summer, or Starving Year, triggered by the violent, Volcanic Explosion of Mt.
In July, ice floats in Pennsylvania ponds.
Knee-deep snow will bury gardens and crops across New England.
Little does Daniel, who will soon turn twelve, realize a June blizzard is roaring out of Canada right toward the Barker farm.
Heat lightning streaks across the dark Vermont sky
