| Descript |
345 pages : map ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes discussion questions. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
1844. The Stevens-Murphy company left Missouri to be the first wagons into California through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Mostly Irish Catholics, the party sought religious freedom and education in the mission-dominated land. When a heavy snowstorm hits in October, the party separates in three directions. Now young Mary Sullivan, newlywed Sarah Montgomery, widowed Ellen Murphy, and her pregnant sister-in-law Maolisa each risks losing those they loved. Two women and four men go overland around Lake Tahoe, three men stay to guard the heaviest wagons-- and eight women and seventeen children, huddled in a cabin at the headwaters of the Yuba River. Waiting for rescue ... or death. -- adapted from back cover. |
| Subject |
Survival -- Fiction.
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Wagon trains -- Fiction.
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Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Historical fiction.
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Christian fiction.
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| Added Title |
1 more river to cross. |
| ISBN/ISSN |
9780800727024 (paperback) |
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0800727029 (paperback) |
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