Author Sylvia Duncan bases her novel around the life and times of her great-grandmother, who was born into an ambitious, high-spirited pioneer family carving their homestead from the northern Indiana wilderness. This is the story of how Miriam faced loss, found love, and became a strong woman with "Christian faith and family" as her enduring legacy. As a deeply committed and independent-minded woman, she rode her horse, Clover, in all hours of the day and night to assist with childbirth and sickness in order to fulfill her pledge to be of service to her community her whole life through. Her...