The Resource A light in the wilderness : a novel, Jane Kirkpatrick
A light in the wilderness : a novel, Jane Kirkpatrick
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- Summary
- Letitia holds nothing more dear than the papers that prove she is no longer a slave. Nancy Hawkins is loathe to leave her settled life for the treacherous journey by wagon train, but she will follow her husband anywhere. Betsy is a Kalapuya Indian, the last remnant of a once proud tribe in the Willamette Valley in Oregon territory. As season turns to season, suspicion turns to friendship, and fear turns to courage, three spirited women will discover what it means to be truly free in a land that makes promises it cannot fulfill
- Language
- eng
- Label
- A light in the wilderness : a novel
- Title
- A light in the wilderness
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Jane Kirkpatrick
- Subject
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- History
- Freedmen -- Fiction
- trueGentle reads
- trueImmigrants
- Oregon
- trueOregon Territory -- History -- 19th century
- Oregon Territory -- History -- Fiction
- trueOregon Trail
- truePacific Northwest fiction
- truePioneers
- trueResilience in women
- trueVoyages and travels
- true1840s -- 1840 -- 1849
- African American women
- trueAfrican American women
- African American women -- Fiction
- trueAmerican Westward Expansion (1803-1899) -- 1803 -- 1899
- Christian fiction
- trueChristian historical fiction
- trueDetermination in women
- trueFaith (Christianity)
- Fiction
- trueFreed slaves
- Freedmen
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Letitia holds nothing more dear than the papers that prove she is no longer a slave. Nancy Hawkins is loathe to leave her settled life for the treacherous journey by wagon train, but she will follow her husband anywhere. Betsy is a Kalapuya Indian, the last remnant of a once proud tribe in the Willamette Valley in Oregon territory. As season turns to season, suspicion turns to friendship, and fear turns to courage, three spirited women will discover what it means to be truly free in a land that makes promises it cannot fulfill
- Summary
- New York Times bestselling novelist weaves the dramatic story of a freed slave who has lost her husband and her freedom papers and must find a way to survive in the wilderness of the Oregon Territory
- Award
- WILLA Literary Awards: Original Softcover Fiction, 2015.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10351061
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1946-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kirkpatrick, Jane
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3561.I712
- LC item number
- L53 2014
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Freedmen
- African American women
- African American women
- Freedmen
- Oregon Territory
- Oregon
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A light in the wilderness : a novel, Jane Kirkpatrick
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1050820
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 314 pages
- Isbn
- 9780800722319
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2014015688
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780800722319
- (OCoLC)869268848
- Label
- A light in the wilderness : a novel, Jane Kirkpatrick
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1050820
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 314 pages
- Isbn
- 9780800722319
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2014015688
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780800722319
- (OCoLC)869268848
Subject
- History
- Freedmen -- Fiction
- trueGentle reads
- trueImmigrants
- Oregon
- trueOregon Territory -- History -- 19th century
- Oregon Territory -- History -- Fiction
- trueOregon Trail
- truePacific Northwest fiction
- truePioneers
- trueResilience in women
- trueVoyages and travels
- true1840s -- 1840 -- 1849
- African American women
- trueAfrican American women
- African American women -- Fiction
- trueAmerican Westward Expansion (1803-1899) -- 1803 -- 1899
- Christian fiction
- trueChristian historical fiction
- trueDetermination in women
- trueFaith (Christianity)
- Fiction
- trueFreed slaves
- Freedmen
Genre
- trueHistory
- trueChristian fiction
- trueChristian historical fiction
- Fiction
- truePacific Northwest fiction
- trueGentle reads
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