First published 1949
The wagon train stretches across the prairie like a line of white canvas dots against endless grass. These families have left everything behind for the promise of fertile land in Oregon Territory. The journey tests them at every turn. Rivers rage too high to cross safely. Supplies run dangerously low. Disease strikes without warning. Native tribes watch their passage with suspicion. The group must decide whether to push forward through mountain passes before winter or risk being trapped by snow. Some lose heart and consider turning back. Others grow more determined with each mile. The trail demands choices that reveal who these people truly are. Death walks alongside them, but so does the stubborn hope that drives them west. Each family carries dreams of the life waiting at journey's end.
Genres: american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, 19th-century, american-history
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, journey
Setting: Oregon Territory
Period: 19th Century
562 pages · Hardcover · Thorndike Pr