Books by Stephanie Grace Whitson
HISTORICAL FICTION
Dakota Moons Series
Valley of the Shadow
Edge of the Wilderness
Heart of the Sandhills
The Quilt Chronicles Series
The Key on the Quilt
The Shadow on the Quilt (September, 2012)
The Message on the Quilt (Spring, 2013)
Keepsake Legacies Series
Sarah’s Patchwork
Karyn’s Memory Box
Nora’s Ribbon of Memories
Pine Ridge Portraits Series
Secrets on the Wind
Watchers on the Hill
Footprints on the Horizon
Prairie Winds Series
Walks the Fire
Soaring Eagle
Red Bird
Stand-alone single volumes
“A Patchwork Love” (a novella in A Patchwork Christmas Collection)
A Most Unsuitable Match
Sixteen Brides
A Claim of Her Own
Unbridled Dreams
CONTEMPORARY FICTION
Jacob’s List
A Garden in Paris
A Hilltop in Tuscany
NON-FICTION
How to Help a Grieving Friend: A Candid Guide for Those Who Care
Home on the Plains: Quilts and the Sod House Experience
Learn more at www.stephaniewhitson.com
Contact Stephanie at [email protected]
Copyright
Edge of the Wilderness
©2001, 2012 by Stephanie Grace Whitson
Previously published by Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, TN, under ISBN: 0-7852-6823-5.
First electronic printing in 2012 by eChristian, Inc.
eChristian, Inc.
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Published in association with the Books & Such Literary Agency, 52 Mission Circle, Suite 122, PMB 170, Santa Rosa, CA 95409-5370, www.booksandsuch.com.
Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, King James Version.
Scripture quotations noted NASB are from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977. Used by permission. (www.lockman.org)
All of the characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events is purely coincidental.
Cover and interior design by Larry Taylor.
Produced with the assistance of Livingstone, the Publishing Services Division of eChristian, Inc. Project staff includes: Dan Balow, Afton Rorvik, Linda Taylor, Linda Washington, Ashley Taylor, Lois Jackson, and Tom Shumaker.
ISBN: ePub 978-1-61-843274-2
ISBN: Mobi 978-1-61-843275-9
Table of Contents
Prologue
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-one
Twenty-two
Twenty-three
Twenty-four
Twenty-five
Twenty-six
Twenty-seven
Twenty-eight
Twenty-nine
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Books by Stephanie Grace Whitson
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