Sweet Fields Beyond: A Novel of the Iowa Frontier

By Nancy Johnston Hall

Book Overview

A THOUGHT-PROVOKING TALE OF SURVIVAL, MORAL RECKONING AND THE MAKING OF HOME IN A WILD LAND

THE YEAR IS 1837. When widow Louisa Evans, with no belongings or purpose, joins her sister and brother-in-law on a 700-mile arduous trek by wagon train from Pennsylvania, she hopes for a fresh start. Their destination is the Black Hawk Purchase, a wild, unsettled expanse along the Mississippi, soon to be called Iowa.

AND THE JOURNEY WEST IS ONLY THE BEGINNING . . .

WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES, Louisa and her brother-in-law, Isaac, must build a farm alone on virgin land, enduring backbreaking labor, shared grief, and impossible moral choices. Through her unflinching journal, Louisa records each trial in a voice both lyrical and candid, a widow's quiet passage from invisibility toward self-possession.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FZGN6MNQ
• ISBN13: 9798218827236
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Stoneview Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"