"West.
The sound of a wish in a single word. At least that’s how it sounds to one
girl on the Missouri frontier. It’s spring, 1845, and no one is more excited
about her family’s long-anticipated trek to Oregon than seventeen-year-old
Lovisa King. And why not? Unlike her older sisters, she has no babies to
worry about, no sick husband to tend. She’s young, strong, bursting with
energy, and even the neighbors’ dire warnings of wilderness perils can’t
scare her. After all, who’s better prepared for this than the King family?
Aren’t their five brand new covered wagons the finest ones in the jump-off
camp? Aren’t they stocked with all the latest in modern traveling equipment?
Most confidence-inspiring of all to Lovisa is knowing that her father, Nahum
King, is not a man who’d strike out with all three generations of his huge
family in tow unless he felt absolutely sure he could get them all to Oregon
safely." From A Heart for Any Fate by Linda Crew.
Linda Crew, a Corvallis Oregon author, has written a wonderful book about
the King family migration West through the eyes of Lovisa King. Linda
brought our family to life in her book and it was a privelage to have her
attend our reunion and tell us how she came about writing this novel.
You can learn more at her web site:
http://www.lindacrew.com.