The Wheel and the Hearth Author:Lucia Moore The opening of the west offered free land and the lure of adventure to the men who traveled the Oregon Trail. But for many of the women who went with them, in covered wagons and on foot, it meant giving up comfortable homes to journey into a strange, hostile country. Pamelia Crane had just turned 18 when she left her home in Missouri to cross th... more »e continent with Michael, her young husband. This is the story of how she met the challenge of the new land, of her growing strength in the face of hardship and danger--and of her discovery of the love that is possible between a woman who wants only the security of her own hearth and a man whose eyes are always turned to the unknown frontier.« less