Publisher's Blurb: Three very different women. One dangerous journey. And a future that seems just out of reach.
Letitia holds nothing more dear than the papers that prove
she is no longer a slave. They may not cause most white folks to treat her like
a human being, but at least they show she is free. She trusts in those words
she cannot read--as she is beginning to trust in Davey Carson, an Irish
immigrant cattleman who wants her to come west with him.
Nancy Hawkins is loathe to leave her settled life for the
treacherous journey by wagon train, but she is so deeply in love with her
husband and she knows she will follow him anywhere--even when the trek exacts a
terrible cost.
Betsy is a Kalapuya Indian, the last remnant of a once proud
tribe in the Willamette Valley in Oregon territory. She spends her time trying
to impart the wisdom and ways of her people to her grandson. But she will soon
have another person to care for.
As season turns to season, suspicion turns to friendship,
and fear turns to courage, three spirited women will discover what it means to
be truly free in a land that makes promises it cannot fulfill. This
multilayered story from bestselling author Jane Kirkpatrick will grip your
heart and mind as you travel on the dusty and dangerous Oregon Trail into the
boundless American West. Based on a true story.
My review: I enjoyed this book. The characters were realistic and believable. The story spanning many years and much tragedy and triumph was never dull. I would recommend this book to others.
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