Enjoyed by millions since its first publication in 1958 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters is the lively story of a 13-year-old boy's adventures on a journey across America in 1849. This million-copy pulitzer prize-winning...Enjoyed by millions since its first publication in 1958 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters is the lively story of a 13-year-old boy's adventures on a journey across America in 1849. This million-copy pulitzer prize-winning classic details the journey of jaimie and his father from kentucky to gold-rush California.