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Westward Courage
Historical fiction
Westward Courage
Book 1 of the Courage on the Oregon Trail series
277 pages · First published 2021
A family or group of travelers heads west carrying hopes for a new life into a landscape that demands physical and emotional courage. Trail hardships—weather, illness, distance, and uncertain supplies—turn private ambitions into shared survival. Relationships formed along the route are tested by choices that cannot be postponed until conditions improve. A. T. Butler’s Western historical fiction emphasizes the courage required not only to begin a westward journey but to continue after the dream has acquired a very real cost.
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Oregon Trail hardship; dangerous river crossings; snakes and frontier hazards; loss of wealth/home; hunger/exhaustion themes
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