01645cam a2200349 i 4500 178916683 TxAuBib 20141016120000.0 140520s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780800722319 pbk. $14.99 0800722310 pbk. $14.99 TxAuBib rda Kirkpatrick, Jane, 1946- A Light in the Wilderness : a novel, (pbk) / Jane Kirkpatrick. Grand Rapids, Michigan : Revell, [2014] 314 pages : maps ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. 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. 20141016. Freedmen Fiction. African American women Fiction. African American women. Freedmen. Christian fiction. Oregon Territory History Fiction. Oregon. Fiction. History.