When I Came West :: When I Came West (Part Eighteen)

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When I Came West Part 1
When I Came West (Part Two)
When I Came West (Part Three)
When I Came West (Part Four)
When I Came West (Part Five)
When I Came West (Part Six)
When I Came West (Part Seven)
When I Came West (Part Eight)
When I Came West (Part Nine)
When I Came West (Part Ten)
When I Came West (Part Eleven)
When I Came West (Part Twelve)
When I Came West (Part Thirteen)
When I Came West (Part Fourteen)
When I Came West (Part Fifteen)
When I Came West (Part Sixteen)
When I Came West (Part Seventeen)
When I Came West (Part Eighteen)
When I Came West (Part Nineteen)
When I Came West (Part Twenty)
When I Came West (Part Twenty-one)
When I Came West (Part Twenty-two)
When I Came West (Part Twenty-three)
When I Came West (Part Twenty-Four)
When I Came West (Part Twenty-five)
When I Came West (Part Twenty-Six)
When I Came West (Part Twenty-seven)
When I Came West (Part Twenty-Eight)
When I Came West (Part Twenty-nine)
When I Came West (Part Thirty)
When I Came West (Part Thirty-One)
When I Came West (Part Thirty-two)
When I Came West (Part Thirty-three)
When I Came West (Part Thirty-four)

When I Came West (Part Eighteen)

On March 10, 2008, the good news finally came: "…the Faculty Advisory Board has approved 'When I Came West' for publication.

Congratulations! Their approval came unanimous and enthusiastic…"

I was offered a contract with the following specifications: 55,000 words, illustrations, and final due date of May 1, 2008. We agreed to keep the original title even though some of the readers had suggested something different was needed.

I prepared the final manuscript and searched through old file boxes for photographs…but then the contract never came…