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With two rambunctious young sons to raise, Marie Dorion refuses to be left behind in St. Louis when her husband heads West with the Wilson Hunt Astoria expedition of 1811. Faced with hostile landscapes, an untried expedition leader, and her volatile husband, Marie finds that the daring act she hoped would bind her family together may in the end tear them apart.
On the journey, Marie meets up with the famous Lewis and Clark interpreter, Sacagawea. Both are Indian women married to mixed-blood men of French Canadian and Indian descent, both are pregnant, both traveled with expeditions led by white men, and both are raising sons in a white world.
Together, the women forge a friendship that will strengthen and uphold Marie long after they part, even as she faces the greatest crisis of her life, and as she fights for her family’s very survival with the courage and gritty determination that can only be fueled by a mother’s love.
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Posted June 18, 2010
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This is my 4th book of Janes...Love them all! I read while on the treadmill...Before I know it i've been walking with her for miles!
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Posted November 28, 2003
Jane Kirkpatrick has done it again. Another series that warms the heart. True historical facts interspersed with characters who show inspiration and courage. We should have more Marie Dorian's in todays world. Just started JK's Every Fixed Star and can't put it down.
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Posted September 1, 2003
A prime example of the old west traders and trailblazers fiction at its historical best. A book to read slowly, not so much concerned with how it ends, but to experience every mile of the rugged journey. Jane Kirkpatrick crafts graphic details of Ioway Indian Marie Dorian's mental and physical survival for herself and her children as she travels a rough man's trail, the trading route west from a woman with children's point of view. A rich exploration of what drives men to forge wilderness trails and what motivates their women to follow. An honest portrayal of a beastly time in our country's history, focused through the passions of a mother's heart.
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Posted February 13, 2003
Jane brings the fur trade era alive with a character right out of history--Marie Dorion--a woman with character and grit. A beautifully written book.
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Posted October 3, 2002
A Name of Her Own by Jane Kirkpatrick - Jane Kirkpatrick is one of the most profound, compelling authors I've ever read. She knows the human heart and communicates with depth and eloquence on the written page. A Name of Her Own held me captive with its truth and the characters became friends. If you liked the Kinship and Courage series, you'll want to buy this one too.
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Overview
Based on the life of Marie Dorion, the first mother to cross the Rocky Mountains and remain in the Northwest, A Name of Her Own is the fictionalized adventure account of a real woman’s fight to settle in a new landscape, survive in a nation at war, protect her sons and raise them well and, despite an abusive, alcoholic husband, keep her marriage together.With two rambunctious young sons to raise, Marie Dorion refuses to be left behind in St. Louis when her husband heads West with the Wilson Hunt Astoria expedition of 1811. Faced with hostile landscapes, an untried expedition leader, and her volatile husband, Marie finds that the daring act she hoped ...