A Frontier Wife — Susan Hatton McCoy

Barely nineteen and newly married to Josh, a master gunsmith, Carrie leaves her safe city home to follow her husband's great dream: to own land and create a farm in the untamed West. Carrie and Josh travel down the mighty Ohio on flatboat, across the vast prairie in an ox-drawn wagon, and build a log home in the brand new frontier town of New Salem, Illinois.

We follow the next eight years of their lives as Carrie grows from a girl interested in the latest fashions to a woman who would learn the great joy of love, the swift pain of loss, the satisfaction of hard work, and the companionship of a closely knit community.

Join Carrie and Josh as they discover a harsh and beautiful land, as they cope with endless chores and day- to-day survival, as they create a new, courageous way of life, as they befriend a young Abe Lincoln who would follow a great dream of his own....