A family in the Middle West plans a removal to Oregon, and the novel follows their marriages, quarrels and long overland journey across the plains to the Pacific, with romances, hardships and encounters along the trail. Duniway, who made the crossing herself as a girl, says the characters are composite but the border history true.
A pioneer novel by the Oregon suffragist; its picture of Native Americans reflects its time. Download the free EPUB.
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