One More River to Cross Audiobook (Free)

In 1844, 2 yrs before the Donner Party, the Stevens-Murphy company remaining Missouri to be the initial wagons into California through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Mainly Irish Catholics, the party sought religious freedom and education in the mission-dominated property and appreciated a safe journey–until October, when a weighty snowstorm forced challenging decisions. The first of many for young Mary Sullivan, newlywed Sarah Montgomery, the widow Ellen Murphy, and her pregnant sister-in-law Maolisa. When about YET ANOTHER River to Combination the party separates in three directions, each dangers losing those they like and faces the chance of learning that adversity can destroy or redefine. Two women and four men proceed overland around Lake Tahoe, three guys stay to guard the heaviest wagons–and all of those other party, including eight females and seventeen kids, huddle in a makeshift cabin at the headwaters of the Yuba River looking forward to rescue . or their deaths. Award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick plunges you deep right into a scenery of challenge where dread and courage go hand in hand for a story of friendship, family, and hope which will remind you of what truly matters in instances of trial.