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The daughter's walk : a novel / Jane Kirkpatrick.

Summary:

In 1896 Norwegian American Helga Estby accepted a wager from the fashion industry to walk from Spokane, Washington to New York City within seven months in an effort to earn $10,000. Bringing along her nineteen year-old daughter Clara, the two made their way on the 3500-mile trek by following the railroad tracks and motivated by the money they needed to save the family farm. After returning home to the Estby farm more than a year later, Clara chose to walk on alone by leaving the family and changing her name. Her decisions initiated a more than 20-year separation from the only life she had known. Historical fiction writer Jane Kirkpatrick picks up where the fact of the Estbys' walk leaves off to explore Clara's continued journey. What motivated Clara to take such a risk in an era when many women struggled with the issues of rights and independence? And what personal revelations brought Clara to the end of her lonely road?

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781400074297
  • ISBN: 9781611296730
  • Physical Description: 388 pages : map ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Colorado Springs : WaterBrook Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Based on a true story."
Subject:
Estby, Clara, 1876-1950 > Fiction.
Estby, Helga, 1860-1942 > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Voyages and travels > Fiction.
Genre:
Christian fiction.
Historical fiction.

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  • 23 of 23 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Caswell County Public Library. (Show)

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