Woman of Courage

by Wanda E. Brunstetter

Book Overview

A Woman of Courage Makes an Epic Journey Take a three-thousand mile journey with Amanda Pearson as she leaves the disgrace of a broken engagement and joins the work at a Quaker mission in the western... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616260831
• ISBN13: 9781616260835
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Shiloh Run Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful frontier story of forgiveness and love

Woman of Courage is a wonderfully engaging frontier fiction by Wanda Brunstetter. Even though this particular story differs from Brunstetter's usual Amish fiction, readers will not be disappointed. Recently jilted by her fiance, Amanda and her father leave New York to travel thousands of miles westward with the intent of joining an established mission work with the Nez Perce´ Indians. And what a journey it is--illnesses and deaths, bears and snakes to contend with, mishaps with the horses--the author does a great job of keeping the reader's interest high with the description of this danger-fraught trip that is set in the 1830s. The story is brim full of information about several American Indian tribes and their beliefs and customs. I especially enjoyed reading about the annual Rendezvous where trappers and Indians and their families gathered for trading and selling goods. Descriptions of wilderness ways of housing and clothing, and herbal medicines and birthing were well done and added depth to the story. The characters are vividly portrayed and their actions and emotions resonate with the reader. I was quickly caught up into the lives of the characters and their stories. And they each definitely have a past story that is driving life in the present. The title is 'Woman' of Courage but I think it could have been titled 'Women' of Courage as readers meet several women who are brave, resourceful, and have the strength of mind and body to survive the harshness of wilderness life. An added bonus in the Collector's Edition is a continuation of the story about one of the babies who is born in Woman of Courage. Woman of Hope tells the story of Little Fawn. Brunstetter has written a beautiful, captivating tale of disappointment and loss, of forgiveness and second chances, of love and faith in the God who is guiding and providing through it all. I received a complimentary copy of this book from Barbour Publishing and was under no obligation to post a review. The opinions are my own.

Woman Of Courage By Wanda Brunstetter A Journey Through The Dangerous Wilderness

WOMAN OF COURAGE BY WANDA BRUNSTETTER Woman of Courage is the tale of Amanda Pearson's trek through the rough and dangerous wilderness. Amanda is the daughter of a Quaker minister who decides to follow her father to a mission in the Oregon wilderness, after she has been jilted by her fiancee the eve before her wedding. The story tells of the many dangers, losses, and hardship that she encounters over the 3,000 mile trek. Along the way she meets a Indian by the name of Mary (Yellow Bird) who is married to a trapper. Amanda and Mary become quick friends and Mary learns about God by listening to Amanda tell stories from the Bible. Will Amanda make it safely to the Lawpai Valley, where the mission is located and will she and her friends encounter more danger and hardship until the reach the mission. I have read the book twice and I have really enjoyed it both times. Wanda Brunstetter did an excellent job in describing the hardships and made her characters interesting. I would highly recommend Woman of Courage