The Valley of the Moon Book 2 Chapter 19

In which Saxon and Billy, bound by a shared land-hunger and a spritely defiance of custom, ready themselves for a nomadic quest through the shifting contours of the West, trading their familiar comforts for the uncertain promise of open ground. Amid reflections on past ventures and the hardening of the times, they set forth lightly burdened yet resolute, buoyed by song and the old pioneer spirit that whispers of hope beyond the horizon.