{"product_id":"book-2bpv","title":"Esther: A Story of the Oregon Trail","description":"A wagon train pushes westward across the American frontier-and one young woman's search for freedom becomes a journey of danger, courage, and unexpected love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEsther Morse is spirited, independent, and captivated by the vast wilderness surrounding her family's journey along the Oregon Trail. When she ventures beyond the safety of camp, however, the beauty of the frontier quickly gives way to peril.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the travelers press west, Esther is swept into a series of dramatic events involving captivity, pursuit, prairie fire, dangerous mountain crossings, rival loyalties, and a mysterious protector whose true identity changes the course of her future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgainst this backdrop of survival and migration, Ann S. Stephens explores romance, independence, cultural conflict, and the human cost of America's westward expansion. The novel contrasts the hopes of settlers seeking new lives with the upheaval experienced by the Indigenous peoples whose lands they cross.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1861, *Esther: A Story of the Oregon Trail* blends frontier adventure, romance, and nineteenth-century popular fiction into a sweeping tale of life on the trail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis historical work contains language and portrayals of Indigenous peoples and other groups that reflect the attitudes of its era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarrated by Michelle Wagner.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Author's Republic","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67608699142448,"sku":"BD2bpv","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/2bpv-Square-cover.jpg?v=1787712031","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-2bpv","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}