This Road We Traveled, Jane Kirkpatrick
This Road We Traveled, Jane Kirkpatrick
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This Road We Traveled

Author: Jane Kirkpatrick

Narrator: Donna Postel

Unabridged: 10 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/06/2016

Synopsis

"An unforgettable story of hardship, survival, and the bonds of family, based on true events. Tabby's indomitable spirit proves that women, as well as men, helped to tame the West."—Suzanne Woods Fisher, bestselling author of Anna's Crossing Tabitha Brown refuses to be left behind in Missouri when her son makes the decision to strike out for Oregon—even if she has to hire her own wagon to join the party. After all, family ties are stronger than fear. Along with her reluctant daughter and her ever-hopeful granddaughter, the intrepid Tabitha has her misgivings. The trials they face along the way will severely test her faith, courage, and ability to hope. With her family's survival on the line, she must make the ultimate sacrifice, plunging deeper into the wilderness to seek aid. What she couldn't know was how this frightening journey would impact how she understood her own life—and the greater part she had to play in history. With her signature attention to detail and epic style, New York Times bestselling author Jane Kirkpatrick invites you to travel the deadly and enticing Oregon Trail. Based on actual events, This Road We Traveled inspires the pioneer in all of us.

About Jane Kirkpatrick

Jane Kirkpatrick is the author of twenty books and is a two-time winner of the WILLA Literary Award. Her first novel, A Sweetness to the Soul, won the Western Heritage Wrangler Award, an honor given to writers such as Barbara Kingsolver and Larry McMurtry. For twenty-six years she "homesteaded" with her husband Jerry on a remote ranch in Eastern Oregon.  She now lives with Jerry, and her two dogs and one cat on small acreage in Central Oregon while she savors the value of friendship over fame.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Diamond on September 03, 2016

I love reading books based on the Oregon Trail so I was excited when I received this book early. Jane Kirkpatrick takes readers on a intriguing story with real characters. The things they went through during their journey was well described. I would recommend this book to anyone to read. You will be......more

Goodreads review by Jesseca on September 18, 2016

It took me a long while to finish this book. I couldn't seem to get into it, and the characters, for lack of a better word, annoyed me. And though the author may not have meant it, two of the three main characters came across as very feminist. It didn't seem to fit the era at all, and that just real......more

Goodreads review by Bonnye Reed on June 23, 2017

GNAB I received a free electronic copy of this historical novel from Netgalley, Jane Kirkpatrick, And Revell in exchange for an honest review. Thank you, for sharing your work with me. Tabitha Brown - the real Tabitha Brown - is known as the "Mother of Oregon" for the extensive work she did with orp......more

Goodreads review by Kav on October 27, 2016

Jane Kirkpatrick writes fictional biography that draws on the real lives of courageous pioneer women. This time she takes us along the Oregon Trail with Tabitha Brown. The author`s detailed notes at the end of the book bear witness to the impeccable research that went into writing Tabitha`s story. I......more

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