On A Donkey's Hurricane Deck by WOODWARD, Robert Pitcher

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)