The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough
Molly Wingate, middle-aged, portly, dark browed and strong, stood at the door of the rude tent which for the time made her home. She was pointing down the road which lay like an écru ribbon thrown down across the prairie grass, bordered beyond by the timber-grown bluffs of the Missouri.
First published January 1, 1922
Loves and hates, bravery and cowardice, the first pioneers carried with them in the early days of the opening of the great west. In this vigorous novel Emerson Hough has written a remarkable story of the men and women who, in their “covered wagons,” dared the perils and adventures of the Oregon trail. Those days live again in his pages, with the love of Molly Wingate and Will Banion lending a delightful atmosphere of romance.
