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"Sixteen-year-old Will McDougall has completed the education available to him in the 1864 frontier town of Oregon City, and his future is uncertain. Then he learns his family's darkest secret-a secret his parents have concealed since his birth. Devastated by this deception, Will runs away with a friend. The boys become mule packers for a militia unit exploring the untamed wilderness of Southern Oregon. Against the backdrop of the Civil War, unfamiliar Army rules, and encounters with indigenous tribes, Will seeks to understand himself and his family's past ... and to find his way home."--Provided by publisher.

Yearning for love, fifteen-year-old Esther Pershing is stuck on a wagon train to Oregon. Her father leads the 1847 company, her mother is ailing, and her younger siblings need her care. Nineteen-year-old Daniel Abercrombie, the only suitable young man on the journey, catches her fancy. Though old enough to file a land claim in Oregon, Daniel is still a boy in his parents' eyes. Smitten by Esther's beauty and spirit, Daniel seeks her out. What chance does the young couple's romance have when their fathers argue at every turn of the trail and their travels bring only danger, disease, and death?