A 1890s Oregon Frontier Western of Homesteading, Lone Women, and High Country Survival
In 1890, thirty-eight-year-old widow Lydia Sanderson leaves a failed life in Pennsylvania to stake an independent homestead claim at Jump-Off Creek in the rugged Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon. Arriving with two mules and basic supplies, Lydia single-handedly builds a cabin and clears pastureland for her livestock.
Navigating harsh winter storms, predatory wolves, and cattle-grazing range disputes, Lydia forms tentative ties with neighboring bachelor cowboys Tim Whiteaker and Blue Odell. Gloss incorporates historical diary excerpts and frontier vernacular to depict the physical labor and isolation of female homesteaders in the Pacific Northwest.
Why You’ll Love This Book
Molly Gloss delivers an authentic, unromanticized Pacific Northwest frontier novel. Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, this Western classic is essential reading for fans of Willa Cather, Ivan Doig, and Kent Haruf.
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