Gabriella Author:Earl Murray Author of more than thirty novels of the American West, Earl Murray is a proven name in historical fiction of the American frontier. With his new novel, Gabriella, he beautifully re-creates the journey along the Oregon Trail at a time when America's expansion into the Northwest was a dream yet to be realized. The year is 1846, a time of ... more »great turmoil for America. Gabriella Hall is a young Englishwoman traveling in the United States with her fiancee, Sir Edward Garr. Gabriella is an exceptional artist whose ambition is to paint portraits of Indian warriors of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains--but her dreams may be compromised by Sir Edward's irrational desire to stop American movement into the Great Northwest. A young man named Quincannon carries his own dreams into the wilderness. He hopes to reestablish the American Fur Company along the western seaboard. But his dreams are somewhat interrupted by his budding love for Gabriella. His fascination with Gabriella, and his bitter rivalry with Sir Edward, soon form the background for a harrowing journey across the mountains and deserts--leading to the new land of promise at the end of the Oregon Trail.« less