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The Crossing
Clean and wholesome . Oregon trail 1848. Hugh and Irena Shaw ,though grieving over the loss of their three year old son,are making the journey across the plains to Oregon. When their friend Gunner suffers a heart attack,little Anya is left an orphan.Can a child who has lost everything become a part of their life, or will it tear them apart ?. George Greer, who is the brother of Sarah Sanders from book one of The Oregon series, is following his heart. He has decided to make the Oregon Trail journey, and join the Sanders family in Beaver Creek,Oregon. His dear mama sent him with her wedding ring and advised that he start hunting a bride while still on the trail. Here's an excerpt :: That first spring when everything was green again was like a knife cutting in to the grieving couple’s very soul. There would be no walks with a rosy cheeked little boy who stopped to pick wildflowers. How he loved to pick them! The summer that he turned three, he was obsessed with pretty wildflowers and weeds that he thought were flowers. On every walk, he ran ahead and picked his mother a mixed bouquet of weeds and wildflowers. Irena would breathe in the smell as he watched proudly. She would always give him a hug, and thank him for the flowers...always. Now thick grass grew on the little mound where their baby slept. Hugh had erected a carved stone, and Irena planted flowers for her boy. She cried bitterly while she patted the damp earth around them. Ivan would never bring her flowers again and beam with pride when she put them in a jar. The ache in her heart was so consuming that she wanted to die.
315 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 16, 2013
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Jacqueline Kimball
9 books14 followersJacqueline Kimball (Jackie)is a Christian fiction author, and a member of American Christian Fiction Authors.
She has three adult children, is a proud Nana, and a lifetime certified elementary teacher.
She shares a home in northern Louisiana with her daughter and two spoiled dogs.
Jacqueline usually writes in her favorite genre,historical fiction. She loves to write both Christian historical and children's historical.
She has loved to read since first grade. Jacqueline says that she got in trouble countless times in grade school for reading books from the library shelf instead of her assigned work.In her freshman year of high school ,she was given a topic sentence and told to write an interesting paragraph. That night ,she went home and started to write the paragraph. To her surprise,she imagined a complete short story. She wrote a four page story in about fifteen minutes. From that day forward,she was hooked on writing.
She has three adult children, is a proud Nana, and a lifetime certified elementary teacher.
She shares a home in northern Louisiana with her daughter and two spoiled dogs.
Jacqueline usually writes in her favorite genre,historical fiction. She loves to write both Christian historical and children's historical.
She has loved to read since first grade. Jacqueline says that she got in trouble countless times in grade school for reading books from the library shelf instead of her assigned work.In her freshman year of high school ,she was given a topic sentence and told to write an interesting paragraph. That night ,she went home and started to write the paragraph. To her surprise,she imagined a complete short story. She wrote a four page story in about fifteen minutes. From that day forward,she was hooked on writing.
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March 30, 2016
This is an extremely touching story of loss, love and survival. Just like with "Lindy on the Oregon Trail" I found myself wanting to keep up with these families, to see how their lives turnout.
September 9, 2018
Book 2 of the Oregon trail journey
This is book 2 of an Oregon trail journey. I like the fact that characters from the first book appear at the end of the journey in this second book. The story isn't all rosy and pleasant as there are bad things that just happen to good people and this 2485534 shows this as well. This book is Christian fiction, which I like, but it isn't rubbed in one's face of you are not a fan of Christian fiction, it is just a good clean good for most ages. I really enjoyed getting to know the characters and am looking forward to the third book, which I will be starting tonight. Great writer and very good reading!!
This is book 2 of an Oregon trail journey. I like the fact that characters from the first book appear at the end of the journey in this second book. The story isn't all rosy and pleasant as there are bad things that just happen to good people and this 2485534 shows this as well. This book is Christian fiction, which I like, but it isn't rubbed in one's face of you are not a fan of Christian fiction, it is just a good clean good for most ages. I really enjoyed getting to know the characters and am looking forward to the third book, which I will be starting tonight. Great writer and very good reading!!
March 23, 2019
This is the second book in this series, and I have really enjoyed this book as much as the first one. It's fascinating to read fiction or nonfiction books on the Oregon Trail. It's amazing what all those pioneer families on those wagon trains went thru. In those times, a lot of decisions were made by the man-husband,but there were many times where the man alone would not have survived the trail without the help of the woman-the wife. There were a few instances in this story where that proved true. I am looking forward to the next book in this series. I highly recommend this series!
November 24, 2017
Awesome book!
I’m very pleased to have chosen this book as I was looking for stories about the Oregon trail, I highly recommend anyone who likes adventures and love stories about the untamed west to read this book as soon as you can. I loved it,
I’m very pleased to have chosen this book as I was looking for stories about the Oregon trail, I highly recommend anyone who likes adventures and love stories about the untamed west to read this book as soon as you can. I loved it,
June 22, 2016
An up all night read
Very Good. Didn't want to put it down. The story has a nice web and flow. Good things happy to the trail wagon's and then a crisis would happen that might effect the whole group or just a family. You could feel the struggle it took to cross America by wagon.
Very Good. Didn't want to put it down. The story has a nice web and flow. Good things happy to the trail wagon's and then a crisis would happen that might effect the whole group or just a family. You could feel the struggle it took to cross America by wagon.
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