| Edition |
Center Point large print edition. |
| Description |
477 pages (large print) : illustration ; 23 cm |
| Physical Medium |
large print rdafs |
| Note |
Includes discussion questions. |
| 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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Survival. (OCoLC)fst01761768
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Christian fiction.
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Religious fiction.
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Large type books.
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| ISBN |
9781643583587 (large print ; hardcover) |
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1643583581 (large print ; hardcover) |
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