Elizabeth Middleton, a strong-minded, single Englishwoman, moves to the rough, uncharted terrain of upstate New York in the late 18th century to fulfill her lifelong ambition of teaching. As she struggles to adjust, Elizabeth meets a young American man named Nathaniel, a close friend of the native Mohawk people, who becomes her first passionate love in a cold, foreign land.

This highly praised novel follows the adventures of a woman in the late 1700s who joins her family in a remove New York mountain village, teaches the school children there, gets into conflicts with local slave owners, and meets a white man involved with the Mohawk Nation. To be published in three different cover colors.

This highly praised novel follows the adventures of a woman in the late 1700s who joins her family in a remove New York mountain village, teaches the school children there, gets into conflicts with local slave owners, and meets a white man involved with the Mohawk Nation. To be published in three different cover colors.