" A Tempestous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours - starting without a dollar and earning my way." The journey could be accomplished in 5 days by train, but the author took close to a year to work his way across the country. This is a witty and amusing account of one man (and his donkey)'s adventures crossing the American continent from New York to San Francisco. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)
Chapters
1 Prologue 12 min 2 Madison Square to Yonkers 31 min 3 Donkey's Many Ailments 34 min 4 Polishing Shoes At Vassar 37 min 5 An Even Trade No Robbery 28 min 6 The Donkey On Skates 39 min 7 Mac Held For Ransom 38 min 8 I Mop The Hotel Floor 31 min 9 Footpads Fire Upon Us 11 min 10 In A Haymow Below Zero 34 min 11 An Asinine Snowball 30 min 12 One Bore Is Enough 32 min 13 At A Country Dance 30 min 14 A Peculiar, Cold Day 25 min 15 I Bargain For Eggs 20 min 16 Gypsy Girl Tells Fortune 22 min 17 All The Devils Are Here 35 min 18 Darkest Hour Before Dawn 38 min 19 Champagne Avenue, Chicago 35 min 20 Donk Causes A Sensation 22 min 21 A Donkey For Alderman 47 min 22 A Donkey Without A Father 17 min 23 Rat Trap And Donkey's Tail 10 min 24 Mac Crosses The Mississippi 19 min 25 Pod Hires A Valet 29 min 26 Done By A Horsetrader 29 min 27 Pod Under Arrest 47 min 28 Adventure In A Sleeping Bag 9 min 29 Mayor Rides Mac A'Rony 12 min 30 Across The Missouri In Wheelbarrow 8 min 31 Pod In Insane Asylum 23 min 32 Narrow Escape In Quicksand 27 min 33 At Buffalo Bill's Ranch 26 min 34 Fourth Of July In The Desert 14 min 35 Bitten By A Rattler 28 min 36 Havoc In A Cyclone 22 min 37 Two Pretty Dairy Maids 31 min 38 Donks Climb Pike's Peak 27 min 39 Sights In Cripple Creek 30 min 40 Baby Girl Named For Pod 24 min 41 Treed By A Silvertip Bear 41 min 42 Nearly Drowned In The Rockies 20 min 43 Donkey Shoots The Chutes 19 min 44 Paint Sign With Donk's Tail 22 min 45 Swim Two Rivers In Utah 31 min 46 Initiated To Mormon Faith 15 min 47 Typewriting On A Donkey 18 min 48 Pod kissed By Sweet Sixteen 12 min 49 Last Drop In The Canteen 51 min 50 How Donkey Pulls A Tooth 12 min 51 Encounter With Two Desperadoes 35 min 52 Donk, Boy And Dried Apples 10 min 53 Lost In Nevada Desert 13 min 54 A Frightful Ghost Dance 13 min 55 Across Sierras In Deep Snow 19 min 56 All Down A Toboggan Slide 13 min 57 'Frisco At Last, We Win! 40 min 58 Epilogue 3 min
