New York: Henry Holt, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel by this award-winning author, which tells the story of the Boone Fawley family's trek in 1808 from St. Louis, Missouri to Point of Rocks, Arkansas, and finally into the untamed wilderness of the Ozarks, a book which is a tribute to the pioneer spirit of many who are now unknown, but who braved the dangers of the frontier. 401 pp. ISBN: 0-805022430.