This book reinforced some things I knew and introduced others. I have no relatives among the pioneers, but I’ve always been intrigued by their experience. But the tension introduced – the wondering when that trauma is going to happen and how it will be resolved – stayed in the back of my mind and kept me reading. Then she returns to the beginning and works forward, from which point the story is linear. Likewise, the innocence and purpose of her own forebears, who ventured to make what they had known would be an arduous trek.Ĭleverly, the author opens the story itself with a traumatic turn suffered by her female protagonist mid-trip. Her fascination with Native American culture is obvious she presents it with detail and compassion. Along with all their worldly goods, they travel with a full contingent of challenge, triumph, and loss.įirst, let me tell you about the end – actually, the afterword in which the author explains that she is descended from the pioneers on whom many of the characters are based. It takes place in 1850’s America, following a wagon train carrying families west on the Oregon Trail. (Apr.If you’re a fan of historical fiction, you’ll find Where the Lost Wanderby Amy Harmon, a wonderful read. Agent: Jane Dystel, Dystel & Goderich Literary Management. The genuine bond between John and Naomi will keep readers turning the pages. Harmon richly details the train leaders’ stubborn handling of the trail’s challenges from John’s point of view, foreshadowing the fate awaiting them. After the wagons are attacked and burned by a war party, Naomi and her infant brother, Wolfe, are kidnapped and John determines to save them. Misadventures abound as members of the wagon train succumb to cholera, endure difficult river crossings, and face confrontations with Sioux warriors. Joseph, Mo., to California in 1853 when she meets John Lowry, known as Two Feet by his Pawnee mother’s family for “straddling two worlds.” Naomi is drawn to him, and John is attracted to Naomi’s beauty, resilience, and devotion to her family, but his awareness of the prejudice he faces due to his Pawnee heritage makes him reluctant to believe they could have a future together.
Twenty-year-old widow Naomi May is traveling with her family on a wagon train from St. In Harmon’s passionate tale of pioneers and Native Americans (after What the Wind Knows), a young widow falls in love with her wagon party’s mule driver.
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