The Journey Home - American Family Author:Lucy Jane Bledsoe Because her Indian mother died, 19 year-old Nicole Roberts has spent almost her entire life in a St. Louis orphanage. Now a trapper named Wilson Wilder brings Nicole word that her father has died, too. His last request was for Wilder to help Nicole in any way that she wishes. Little does he know that her wish is to travel along... more » with him -- on a hazardous journey to the home of her mother's ancestors.« less