Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Fisher, Karen

Sudden country a novel A sudden country Karen Fisher - Random House trade pbk. ed. - New York Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006. - 379 p. map ; 21 cm. - Reader's circle .

Based on actual events of the 1847 Oregon migration, this story follows two characters of remarkable complexity and strength in a journey of survival and redemption. James MacLaren is searching for the wife that deserted him and their children, who later die of smallpox. Lucy is a remarried widow and mother, reluctantly heading west.

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Overland journeys to the Pacific
Remarried people
Women pioneers
Runaway wives
Wagon trains


Oregon National Historic Trail
Oregon



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