Among the most memorialized women in American history, Sacajewea served as an interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery. Author Debra Magpie Earling brings this mythologized figure vividly to life, casting unsparing light on the men who brutalized her and recentering Scajewea as the arbiter of her own history. Raised among the Lemhi Shoshone, Sacajewea [sic] learns All Ways to survive. When her village is raided, she is kidnapped...

This novel is based on the experience of American explorer John Frâemont and his attempt to find a railway route to the West along the 38th parallel, when he becomes trapped in the snowbound Colorado mountains and must fight his way out.

When a troubled Revolutionary War veteran requires his slave, Washington, to become a breeding sire, Washington's resolve to stay faithful to his West African spiritual legacy leads to a loving relationship with an enslaved healer woman.

Captain Meriwether Lewis's dog Seaman describes his experiences as he accompanies his master on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the uncharted western wilderness.