01690cam a2200289 i 4500 394301701 TxAuBib 20191009120000.0 190627s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019944731 9781643583587 1643583581 TxAuBib rda Kirkpatrick, Jane, 1946- One more river to cross / Jane Kirkpatrick. Thorndike : Center Point Large Print, 2019. 477 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier ""Based on true events, this compelling survival story by award-winning novelist Jane Kirkpatrick is full of grit and endurance. Beset by storms, bad timing, and desperate decisions, 8 women, 17 children, and one man must outlast winter in the middle of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1844"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher. In 1844, two years before the Donner Party, the Stevens-Murphy company left Missouri to be the first wagons into California through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Mostly Irish Catholics, the party sought religious freedom and education in the mission-dominated land and enjoyed a safe journey — until October, when a heavy snowstorm forced difficult decisions. The first of many for young Mary Sullivan, newlywed Sarah Montgomery, the widow Ellen Murphy, and her pregnant sister-in-law Maolisa. 20191009. FICTION / Historical / General. FICTION / Christian / Historical. AMERICAN HISTORICAL FICTION.