Will reaching their goal prove too much for them? But maintaining the ruse is more difficult than Larkspur imagined, as is protecting her headstrong, starry-eyed sisters from difficult circumstances and eligible young men. Knowing that four women traveling together will draw unwanted attention, Larkspur dons a disguise, passing herself off as “Clark” Nielsen, accompanying his three sisters. She has a little money saved, and after turning the tables on a crooked gambler who had fleeced several locals, including her younger brother, she can stake a new start for herself and her three sisters.Īs the gambler’s threats of revenge echo in her ears, she and her sisters head to Independence, Missouri, to join a wagon train bound for Oregon.

She bristles at the small-mindedness that permeates life in her small Ohio community, and she sees little chance of a satisfying future there. Her parents have passed on, and her older brother is successfully running the family business. Published in, Missouri, Traveling, Wagon Train, 1860s, 1865-1880 (US Reconstruction), Widowed, Opposites Attract, Thomas-Pegg on Januby ihfi A Trail so Lonesome by Lacy Williams The resulting clash of North and South may spark another type of civil war. He’s heading to Wyoming, not Oregon, but it’s in the right direction, and Susannah doesn’t plan on being left behind.

Left with only her thick Georgia drawl and a contrary mule, her sights are set on the state of Oregon-as far from the battlefields and prejudices as she can get.īut when Susannah arrives in desperation at Hick’s camp one dark night, even he can’t turn her away. Susannah Piper lost everyone she loved in the war, her Confederate father and brothers, and even her Yankee husband. The realities of war, however, convinced Hick to avoid people and their entanglements. Samuel Hickman volunteered to fight for his country and talked his younger brother into joining him.

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