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Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
She had a dream, but reaching her goal seemed as dark as night...
Fresh from medical school in the 1860s-and a woman at that-the young Dr. Cheney Duvall struggles to find a position. She has almost given up hope when Asa Mercer turns up. He wants her services to chaperone and care for two hundred brides-to-be on a sea voyage from New York to Washington Territory. Cheney jumps at the opportunity. Accompanied by an unlikely nurse, Shiloh Irons, Cheney...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What was his brother's widow -- his first love -- doing on a ship full of prospective brides headed out West? Clay Howard had been tasked with escorting the Boston belle home, but he didn't anticipate Allegra being so strong-willed -- or that he'd wind up traveling with her just to keep her from leaving without him! Allegra Banks Howard isn't going to let Clay interfere with her plans for a new life with her daughter on the frontier. True, Allegra...
Publisher
Seaport Videos
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
Captain Irving Johnson narrates historic footage from 1929 of the bark Peking's sailing voyage around Cape Horn. Gives the flavor of the age of large commercial sailing ships and the life aboard such a craft at a time it was already a relic from the past. Followed by ads of other seafaring videos.
16) The Gold Rush
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Depicts the life of a forty-niner during the California Gold Rush.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Morning of Fire by Scott Ridley is the thrilling story of 18th century American explorer and expeditioner John Kedrick as he journeyed for land and trade in the Pacific. Set against the backdrop of one of the most exciting and uncertain times in world history, John Kendrick's odyssey aboard his sailing ship Lady Washington carries him from the shores of New England across the unexplored waters of the Pacific Northwest to the contentious ports...
