03908cam a2200565 4500 294948392 TxAuBib 20170614120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781441265425 1441265422 B01MAVV119 Amazon 38b1b988-9470-4eb3-9444-e35239820f79 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3018465 OverDrive (Product ID) 3018465 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Peterson, Tracie. Treasured Grace [Libby] : Heart of the Frontier Series, Book 1. Baker Publishing Group, 2017. Oregon. pioneer. Christian Fiction. settlers. Historical Fiction. Frontier. Cholera. Measles. oregon trail. Epidemic. 1840s. Oregon territory. untamed West. Walla Walla. Whitman massacre. Whitman mission. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3371kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 3371kB. Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:<p>January 23, 2017<br /> On the Oregon Trail, the young, newly-widowed missionary Grace Martindale doesn’t have the time, or desire, to mourn her deceased husband. Instead, she, her two sisters, and their caravan of settlers heading for Oregon must focus on the rising tensions with the local Indian tribes, and the outbreak of measles that hits both groups—settlers and natives—as they reach their post at the Whitman Mission. There, Grace utilizes her healing skills on the sick and confronts her fear of Indians, tasks in which trapper Alexander Armistead proves helpful. After a rough introduction romance sparks, but as Grace’s feelings begin to grow Alexander’s troubled past threatens their future. When another disaster strikes the mission, Alex, Grace, and her sisters are thrust into a journey through pain, doubt, and grief to healing. Peterson (Sapphire Brides series) powerfully depicts the challenges of life in the 19th-century American West, including a realistic picture of Indian-American relations. The girls’ faith plays a prominent role—not only in their missionary work, but in how they recover from the trauma of the measles outbreak—and readers are treated to a clear gospel presentation arising from the characters’ travails. In the end, the journey of faith and healing carries more weight than the romance does, shining spiritual hope onto worldly suffering. Fans of Peterson will welcome this opening story to the new Heart of the Frontier series.</p>. Publisher's Weekly. On the grueling trail west, Grace Martindale loses her new husband and her last vestige of security. Upon arriving in Oregon Country, she uses her midwifery skills to help the other settlers, and—with the aid of fur trapper Alex Armistead—the Cayuse tribe. But peace between the groups is fragile, and tension soon leads to violence. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2017-06-14 23:00:02. http://westtexas.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=38b1b988-9470-4eb3-9444-e35239820f79 https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=38b1b988-9470-4eb3-9444-e35239820f79&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=38b1b988-9470-4eb3-9444-e35239820f79&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=38b1b988-9470-4eb3-9444-e35239820f79&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXOLT