num_pages: 536
description: Westward ho! is the cry in So Great a Cause volume 8 of the series The Work and the Glory. This installment depicts the early part of one of the most engaging chapters in Church history the great migration west and interwoven with that epic story is the continuing saga of the fictional Steed family. It is early 1846 and many Saints including most of the Steeds begin the difficult journey across Iowa as they move toward a new and distant home in the Rocky Mountains. Among them is the volatile Joshua Steed who intent on accompanying his now widowed mother has temporarily left his wife and children behind in Nauvoo. With trouble brewing in that dying city will they be in danger? And what is the secret that Joshua feels compelled to keep hidden from the other Steeds? Meanwhile Will and Alice continue their voyage with another group of Saints aboard the ship Brooklyn. Life-threatening storms deaths at sea a visit to beautiful tropical islands  these become part of their experiences as the sailing vessel makes its way around South America and back up toward California. Also headed for California is the company in which Peter and Kathryn are traveling  the famous and ultimately ill-fated Donner-Reed party. Against this backdrop of sweeping historical events the personal drama of the Steed family reaches new levels of emotional and spiritual power leaving readers with an abiding appreciation for the early Saints' commitment to so great a cause.
language: English
title: So Great a Cause
publisher: Deseret Book