A light in the wilderness : a novel /

Kirkpatrick, Jane, 1946-

A light in the wilderness : a novel / Jane Kirkpatrick. - 314 pages : maps ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

A former slave makes her way to Oregon Territory in the company of her immigrant husband and a white woman following her husband out west, while a Kalapuya Indian named Betsy's story unfolds in the land where their stories will intersect.

9780800722319 (pbk.)

2014015688


Freed persons--Fiction.
African American women--Fiction.
African American women--Fiction.


Oregon Territory--History--Fiction.
Oregon Territory--History--Fiction.


Christian fiction.
Christian fiction.

PS3561.I712 / L53 2014

813/.54 FIC