Description: Based on the life of the first mother to cross the Rocky Mountains and settle in the Northwest, "A Name of Her Own" is the fictionalized account of a real woman's fight to establish a home in a new landscape, to survive in a nation at war, to protect her sons and raise them well, and, despite an abusive, alcoholic husband, to keep her marriage together.
Review Quotes:
"A truly fine book."
-The Denver Post
"Jane Kirkpatrick has...created her own genre of fiction."
-Statesman Journal
"Impeccably written."
-Romantic Times, Four-Star Review