Title: As wide as the river
First published: 1980
Description: When an angry mob drives Joseph Williams and his family from Jackson County, the twelve-year-old must face conflicts within his family, his own unsteady faith, and his growing desire for adventure as a riverboat pilot on the Missouri River.
Subjects: River boats, Frontier and pioneer life, Family life, Fiction, Mormons, History, Mormons, fiction
Places: Missouri
Time periods: 19th century