Jumping-Off Place

By Marian Hurd McNeely · Running time 07:07:34 · Family Life, Action & Adventure, Family

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Set in 1910, "The Jumping-Off Place" is the story of four orphaned children who leave their home in Wisconsin to "prove up" their claim to a parcel of land in South Dakota. The four Linville children -- Becky, age seventeen, and her younger siblings Dick, Phil and Joan -- had planned to take on this opportunity with the help and guidance of their Uncle Jim. His untimely death means they must "prove up" the claim on their own. Uncle Jim had planned carefully, and had left detailed instructions for Becky and her brother Jim. The children know it will be difficult -- but just how difficult they o

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