Sixteen Civil War widows are lured west with the false promise of land in this tale of women showing strength in circumstances beyond their control.

Tells about the daily life and activities of a pioneet firl who grew up on the prariries of Nebraska.

The spirited daughter of Bohemian immigrants, Antonia must adapt to a hard existence on the desolate prairies of the Midwest. Enduring childhood poverty, teenage seduction, andfamily tragedy, she eventually becomes a wife and mother on a Nebraska farm. A fictional record of how women helped forge the communities that formed a nation.

Excerpts from pioneer journals written while passing through Nebraska on the California, Overland or Oregon, and Mormon Trails help readers step back in time to imagine the sights their predecessors saw, the conditions they endured, and the emotions they grappled with.

After marrying Will Deal and moving to Nebraska, Abbie endures the difficulties of frontier life and raises her children to pursue the ambitions that were once her own.

Carrie Brown was only a child when she first met Soaring Eagle, but she's never given up on the dream that one day, they will be together. Those closest to her consider that dream a childish fantasy. Soaring Eagle has spent the years since Carrie left Nebraska studying at Eastern colleges. Now he's a sought-after lecturer-and he's met beautiful, intelligent Julia Woodward. Is Carrie's dream stubborn imagination or God's will? To find out, she must...