Seas of Grace: A Novel Based on True Events

Born the third and final child of James and Polly David, Almira David begins her life in Catskill, New York, during the War of 1812. After she moves with her family up the Hudson River to West Troy, peace is finally restored. When malnutrition and other struggles take the life of her mother, Almira is left in the care of her father until he remarries two months later. As her family grows with the birth of several more children, Almira attends school with her siblings, plays with her friends, and matures into a studious, thoughtful girl who contemplates her future, nurtures her faith, and develops a passion for serving others. When she turns eighteen, Almira notices a handsome seminary student without any idea that she will eventually marry him, sail around Cape Horn to the Kingdom of Hawaii and Fort Vancouver, and settle in Oregon Country in 1840 to become a founding mother of the Pacific Northwest. In this foundational American tale based on true events, a heroine sails from New York to Oregon from 1839 to 1840, overcoming extraordinary adversity with grit, grace, and faith, to selflessly serve others.