About This Book
A novel of the Oregon Country during 1845 when 54-40 or fight was the slogan. Oregon settlers were not prepared for Kitty Gatewood. She was little and exquisite, extravagantly out of place amid these buckskinned pioneers. Her story has the thrilling ring of truth because it is based on exhaustive research, because Mildred Masterson McNeilly is herself a true daughter of the West, and because her narrative skill glows with that nebulous quality -- a woman's intuition. You will thrill to the drama of their lives -- a new testament to the faith and hope that led men and women to seek fulfillment at the end of the Oregon Trail.