num_pages: 432
description: In 1837, a fiery young widow, Claudia Humphries, and a bold wagon master, Sam Brentwood, discover that it is their destiny to command the first leg of the remarkable journey to Independence, Missouri. Traveling under secret orders from President Andrew Jackson, Brentwood's task is to win a desperate race against England and Russia in order to bring the promised land of the Pacific Northwest under the American flag.
language: English
title: Independence!
titlecomplete: Independence! (Wagons West, #1)
characters: Dr. Robert Martin, Emily Harris, Sam Brentwood, Danny, Cathy (Van Ayl) Blake, Stalking Horse, Ted Woods, Baron Ernst Von Thalman, Lena (Caldwell) Malcolm, Claudia (Humphries) Brentwood, Henry St. Clair, Michael "Whip" Holt, Chet Harris, Cindy, Tonie (Mell) Martin, Terence Malcolm
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, Historical Romance, Historical, Adventure, Historical Fiction, Romance, Westerns, Western Romance
ratings_count: 4761
series: Wagons West
publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell